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RICHARD GERALD GILLHAM
Corporal · U.S. Army
April 15, 1948 – January 10, 1969
Service recordRichard Gerald Gillham, of Grand Island, Nebraska, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on January 10, 1969, in Dinh Tuong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 35W, Line 65 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 35W · Line 65
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- April 15, 1948
- Home of record
- Grand Island, Nebraska (Hall County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 10, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Dinh Tuong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date January 10, 1969; two of them were lost in Định Tường Province. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 114 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 35W, Line 65
- JOE EDWARD GRAYSONSpecialist Four · January 10, 1969
- ROBERT GARY HAYESSergeant · January 10, 1969
- JOHN LESLIE HENDERSONPrivate First Class · January 10, 1969
- BERNARD GEORGE HITRO JRCorporal · January 10, 1969
Same unit, same day
- DONALD SUMINGUIT CARTERPrivate First Class · Panel 35W, Line 63
From Grand Island
- RICHARD P SAWICKISpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
- MONTE LARUE MOORBERGCaptain · December 2, 1966
- JAN ROYCE GILLHAMPrivate First Class · February 2, 1968
- DEWEY IRVIN STRUEBINGSpecialist Four · February 9, 1969
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.