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RAYMOND RICHARD GILLOCK
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
March 3, 1946 – March 28, 1968
Service recordRaymond Richard Gillock, of Longview, Texas, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on March 28, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 46E, Line 54 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 46E · Line 54
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Five (SP5)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Medical Specialist (91B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- March 3, 1946
- Home of record
- Longview, Texas (Gregg County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 28, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
45 names on the Wall carry the date March 28, 1968; four of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In March 1968, 1,767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 104 of its members that month.
He died in Thừa Thiên Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 46E, Line 54
- ROY DAVID ELSTON JRSpecialist Four · March 28, 1968
- GERALD FREDERICK GILBERTSergeant · March 28, 1968
- DENNIS LEE GRAHAMCaptain · March 28, 1968
- CHRISTOPHER A GROSSE JRStaff Sergeant · March 28, 1968
Same unit, same day
- GERALD FREDERICK GILBERTSergeant · Panel 46E, Line 54
- CHRISTOPHER A GROSSE JRStaff Sergeant · Panel 46E, Line 54
- RAY IRA HAASSpecialist Four · Panel 46E, Line 55
From Longview
- NORMAN RAY GARRETTPrivate · February 15, 1965
- WILLIAM BUCKELE NORTHCUTTPrivate First Class · August 23, 1966
- JAMES LEE WATKINSLance Corporal · January 28, 1967
- GARLAND PAUL LITTLEPrivate First Class · September 4, 1967
- JOHN WAYNE CAVERSergeant · October 31, 1967
- RICHARD ALTON HOLLOWAYSpecialist Four · December 2, 1967
- BOBBY LYNN WEATHERSLance Corporal · March 17, 1968
- JIM LAMARR AILSTOCK JRSpecialist Four · March 26, 1968
- JAMES DAVIS MOLPUSFirst Lieutenant · May 2, 1968
- THOMAS CLEO FYFFEPrivate First Class · July 24, 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.