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MICHAEL GILLARD
Sergeant · U.S. Army
September 25, 1947 – May 20, 1968
Service recordMichael Gillard, of Elton, Louisiana, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 20, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 64E, Line 4 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 64E · Line 4
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. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- September 25, 1947
- Home of record
- Elton, Louisiana
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 20, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date May 20, 1968; 13 of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 151 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 64E, Line 4
- GARY WAYNE DUNNSpecialist Five · May 20, 1968
- JOE EVANSSpecialist Four · May 20, 1968
- RICHARD T FLATTERY JRFirst Lieutenant · May 20, 1968
- CLAUDE JOSEPH GASPARD JRSpecialist Four · May 20, 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.