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THOMAS EDWARD GILLIAM
Lieutenant (junior grade) · U.S. Navy
October 8, 1943 – August 22, 1967
Service recordThomas Edward Gilliam, of Rocky River, Ohio, served as a Lieutenant (junior grade) in the U.S. Navy. He died on August 22, 1967, in Kien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 25E, Line 28 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 25E · Line 28
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. Navy
- Rank
- Lieutenant (junior grade) (LTJG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Url Pilot (1310)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 7 FLT
- Born
- October 8, 1943
- Home of record
- Rocky River, Ohio (Cuyahoga County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 22, 1967
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Kien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
27 names on the Wall carry the date August 22, 1967; he was the only one lost in Kien Hoa Province that day. In August 1967, 683 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “7 FLT”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 25E, Line 28
- ALBERT LEE BROWNSpecialist Four · August 22, 1967
- EDWARD EARL DAVIESLance Corporal · August 22, 1967
- JOEL EDWARD FALLERSpecialist Four · August 22, 1967
- RANDALL ROGER FREEBERGLance Corporal · August 22, 1967
From Rocky River
- JOHN PATRICK MASTERSONLance Corporal · May 25, 1968
- JAY STEVEN ASTONWarrant Officer 1 · July 18, 1971
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.