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PAUL THOMAS GILLASPIE
Sergeant · U.S. Army
May 1, 1950 – November 27, 1970
Service recordPaul Thomas Gillaspie, of Topeka, Kansas, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on November 27, 1970, in South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 6W, Line 86 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6W · Line 86
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Military Police (95B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- May 1, 1950
- Home of record
- Topeka, Kansas (Shawnee County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 27, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
12 names on the Wall carry the date November 27, 1970. In November 1970, 347 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM”, his unit in the record, lost 42 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 6W, Line 86
- THOMAS WALTER GOSZEWSKICorporal · November 27, 1970
- JORGE LUIS JOURDAN-FONTSpecialist Four · November 27, 1970
- FREDERICK RICHARD NEEFAirman First Class · November 27, 1970
- WILLIAM BRANDON OKIEFFTechnical Sergeant · November 27, 1970
From Topeka
- RALPH GEORGE REDMONDFirst Lieutenant · June 4, 1964
- ALLEN LEE HOLTChief Warrant Officer 2 · July 5, 1965
- DALE K SHAMBAUGHSecond Lieutenant · August 18, 1965
- EUGENE MILLARD JEWELLCaptain · September 4, 1965
- RICHARD NORMAN PAYNELance Corporal · July 24, 1966
- GARY REED PARSONSPrivate First Class · September 26, 1966
- WILLIAM HARLEY MEANS JRColonel · July 20, 1966
- RICHARD JOHN SASEKCaptain · July 6, 1967
- JEROME GEORGE MCGOVERNSergeant · July 12, 1967
- ROBERT GENE KIMMELLieutenant Colonel · November 14, 1967
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.