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ROY PAINTER GILLESPIE
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
April 18, 1942 – November 5, 1967
Service recordRoy Painter Gillespie, of Paintsville, Kentucky, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on November 5, 1967, in Dinh Tuong Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 29E, Line 24 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 29E · Line 24
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- April 18, 1942
- Home of record
- Paintsville, Kentucky (Johnson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 5, 1967
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Dinh Tuong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date November 5, 1967; he was the only one lost in Định Tường Province that day. In November 1967, 1,133 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 50 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 29E, Line 24
- RALPH LEE FORDSergeant · November 5, 1967
- EMMITT ROOSEVELT GEORGEPrivate First Class · November 5, 1967
- GEORGE R W K GREENWOODStaff Sergeant · November 5, 1967
- WILLIE J HOLLANDStaff Sergeant · November 5, 1967
Same unit, same day
- MARTIN HARRY ZUNIGACorporal · Panel 29E, Line 26
From Paintsville
- LARRY RONALD MCFADDINSpecialist Four · May 24, 1968
- JOHN RICHARD JACKSONSergeant · March 11, 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.