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ROBERT JAMES GILLESPIE JR
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
January 12, 1942 – August 11, 1968
Service recordRobert James Gillespie JR, of Attleboro Falls, Massachusetts, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on August 11, 1968, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 49W, Line 47 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 49W · Line 47
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
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Tank Unit Commander (1203)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- January 12, 1942
- Home of record
- Attleboro Falls, Massachusetts (Bristol County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 11, 1968
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date August 11, 1968; three of them were lost in Bien Hoa Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 62 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 49W, Line 47
- WILLIAM LOUIS DEBOSpecialist Four · August 11, 1968
- JOHN JOSEPH FLOOD JRMajor · August 11, 1968
- CARL RICHARD FOSTERSpecialist Four · August 11, 1968
- JAMES HAROLD HILYARDPrivate First Class · August 11, 1968
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM LOUIS DEBOSpecialist Four · Panel 49W, Line 47
- JAMES HAROLD HILYARDPrivate First Class · Panel 49W, Line 47
- GARY GLEN POOLPrivate First Class · Panel 49W, Line 48
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.