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MARTIN L GILLESPIE JR
Petty Officer Second Class · U.S. Navy
January 21, 1940 – March 21, 1966
Service recordMartin L Gillespie JR, of East Boston, Massachusetts, served as a Petty Officer Second Class in the U.S. Navy. He died on March 21, 1966, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 6E, Line 31 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6E · Line 31
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Navy
- Rank
- Petty Officer Second Class (PO2)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Hospital Corpsman (HM)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 BN 4 MAR 3 MARDIV
- Born
- January 21, 1940
- Home of record
- East Boston, Massachusetts (Suffolk County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 21, 1966
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
48 names on the Wall carry the date March 21, 1966; 35 of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In March 1966, 564 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 6E, Line 31
- JAMES HENRY CAVICCHI JRLance Corporal · March 21, 1966
- BOBBY GLYNN GADIEPrivate First Class · March 21, 1966
- MARVIN EDWARD GLASSBURNSergeant · March 21, 1966
- GAROLD ARTHUR HANNPetty Officer Third Class · March 21, 1966
From East Boston
- LAURENCE NELSON SOUSACorporal · January 15, 1966
- ANDREW CHARLES RABAIOTTILance Corporal · July 7, 1967
- RICHARD JOHN NASHAWATYLance Corporal · September 4, 1967
- ALFRED LEON BERTULLILance Corporal · November 5, 1967
- JOHN ARTHUR MCINTOSHPrivate First Class · February 5, 1968
- PERRY DIBERARDINOCorporal · September 16, 1968
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.