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RONALD ALAN GILLY
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
October 10, 1943 – June 30, 1967
Service recordRonald Alan Gilly, of Easton, Connecticut, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on June 30, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 22E, Line 87 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 22E · Line 87
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- October 10, 1943
- Home of record
- Easton, Connecticut (Fairfield County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 30, 1967
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date June 30, 1967; four of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In June 1967, 948 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 22E, Line 87
- RICHARD HOLT FREUDENTHALLance Corporal · June 30, 1967
- THOMAS ARTHUR GODDEAUCorporal · June 30, 1967
- JOHN ALEXANDER HOUSE IICaptain · June 30, 1967
- LUTHER HARRIS HOWARDSpecialist Four · June 30, 1967
From Easton
- RUSSELL LLOYD EQUISecond Lieutenant · January 26, 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.