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RICKEY LEAROY GILLUM
Private First Class · U.S. Army
January 30, 1946 – January 18, 1967
Service recordRickey Learoy Gillum, of Franklin, Ohio, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on January 18, 1967, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 14E, Line 48 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14E · Line 48
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- January 30, 1946
- Home of record
- Franklin, Ohio (Warren County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 18, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date January 18, 1967; five of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In January 1967, 638 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 38 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 14E, Line 48
- LEONARD CLARENCE GRAY JRSecond Lieutenant · January 18, 1967
- DONALD LEONARD HELTONPrivate First Class · January 18, 1967
- JERRY DALE HUMPHREYPrivate First Class · January 18, 1967
- GEORGE ALLEN JONES JRPrivate First Class · January 18, 1967
Same unit, same day
- THOMAS ROBERT KEAVENEYPrivate First Class · Panel 14E, Line 49
- CARROLL WAYNE PERRYPrivate First Class · Panel 14E, Line 50
From Franklin
- STEVE GRANT YOUNGSpecialist Four · May 6, 1966
- JONATHAN FAYE LOWMANPrivate First Class · May 20, 1967
- EDGAR BAKER JRPrivate First Class · March 21, 1968
- TERRY LEE HINKLECorporal · November 24, 1968
- CHARLES KEITH DAYSpecialist Four · January 11, 1969
- PAUL EDWARD GOONAN JRSpecialist Four · May 13, 1969
- FLOYD EDWARD BARBERSpecialist Four · May 28, 1969
- KENNETH LEE PERRYSpecialist Four · September 19, 1969
- DAVID RUSSELL BRANSONSergeant · November 4, 1969
- DAVID WALTER WOODSSergeant · November 3, 1970
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.