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RONALD STUART GILLIAM
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
January 19, 1947 – June 3, 1968
Service recordRonald Stuart Gilliam, of Hyattsville, Maryland, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on June 3, 1968, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 61W, Line 23 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 61W · Line 23
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Radio Operator (05B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- SPECIAL FORCES
- Born
- January 19, 1947
- Home of record
- Hyattsville, Maryland (Prince George's County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 3, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
61 names on the Wall carry the date June 3, 1968; two of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Special Forces, his unit in the record, lost 15 of its members that month.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 61W, Line 23
- DELBERT RAY BROCKMEYERCorporal · June 3, 1968
- TERRECE EUGENE EDGARLance Corporal · June 3, 1968
- DANNY GEORGE FLANDERSPrivate First Class · June 3, 1968
- STEVEN MARTIN GILLMERFirst Lieutenant · June 3, 1968
Same unit, same day
- HERMAN EUGENE HANTZFirst Lieutenant · Panel 61W, Line 24
- JOHN SALAZARSergeant First Class · Panel 60W, Line 5
From Hyattsville
- UWE-THORSTEN SCOBELCaptain · March 25, 1964
- JOHN QUINCY QUESENBERRYPrivate First Class · July 9, 1966
- STEPHEN MICHAEL DYDYNSKIPrivate First Class · January 21, 1967
- PAUL LEROY HARRISONPrivate First Class · April 5, 1967
- JOSEPH RAYMOND SMITHSpecialist Four · April 17, 1967
- DAVID KEITH HOLDWAYLance Corporal · May 3, 1967
- MICHAEL JAMES HOOVERPrivate First Class · November 16, 1967
- THOMAS RAY KINGWarrant Officer 1 · December 16, 1967
- ALTON LAMOTTE WATKINS JRCorporal · January 2, 1968
- EUGENE EDWARD SWIFTSeaman · March 9, 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.