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TERRY LYNN GILLIAM
Corporal · U.S. Army
October 3, 1947 – July 19, 1969
Service recordTerry Lynn Gilliam, of Huntsville, Arkansas, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on July 19, 1969, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 20W, Line 19 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20W · Line 19
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- October 3, 1947
- Home of record
- Huntsville, Arkansas (Madison County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 19, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
38 names on the Wall carry the date July 19, 1969; three of them were lost in Long An Province. In July 1969, 834 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 25 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 20W, Line 19
- JERYL FRANKLIN DRISKILLPrivate First Class · July 19, 1969
- RALPH SAMUEL FLADGERSergeant · July 19, 1969
- JOHN GARY GERTSCHStaff Sergeant · July 19, 1969
- RAYMON DRAPER HALESSergeant · July 19, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JAMES EDWIN MCPIKESergeant · Panel 20W, Line 22
From Huntsville
- BOBBY GENE MCELHANEYPrivate First Class · May 18, 1967
- JAMES LLOYD VAUGHANLieutenant Colonel · July 8, 1972
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.