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THOMAS DAVID GILLASPY
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
October 17, 1946 – July 7, 1970
Service recordThomas David Gillaspy, of Monticello, Mississippi, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on July 7, 1970, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 9W, Line 127 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9W · Line 127
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
- Field Artillery Unit Commander (1193)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- October 17, 1946
- Home of record
- Monticello, Mississippi (Lawrence County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 7, 1970
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date July 7, 1970; three of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In July 1970, 495 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 114 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 9W, Line 127
- BOBBY ELMER GRAYLance Corporal · July 7, 1970
- MICHAEL JOSEPH GRIMMCorporal · July 7, 1970
- NED HENRY HARRISSpecialist Four · July 7, 1970
- DAVID MARSHALL HAVEARDLance Corporal · July 7, 1970
Same unit, same day
- THOMAS WILLIAM DAMMChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 9W, Line 126
- MICHAEL JOSEPH GRIMMCorporal · Panel 9W, Line 127
- LEWIS HOWARD JRStaff Sergeant · Panel 9W, Line 128
- GERALD LEE RISINGERSergeant · Panel 9W, Line 129
- CHARLES ELBERT BEALSSpecialist Four · Panel 3W, Line 103
From Monticello
- CREIGHTON WAYNE SISTRUNKPrivate · June 8, 1970
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.