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WILLIAM JAMES GILLETTE
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
July 30, 1946 – September 9, 1966
Service recordWilliam James Gillette, of Binghamton, New York, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on September 9, 1966, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 10E, Line 80 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10E · Line 80
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Assaultman (0351)
- Born
- July 30, 1946
- Home of record
- Binghamton, New York (Broome County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 9, 1966
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
15 names on the Wall carry the date September 9, 1966; four of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In September 1966, 533 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 10E, Line 80
- JAMES AZALOU BROWN JRPrivate First Class · September 9, 1966
- JOHN RICHARD FISCHERCaptain · September 9, 1966
- WILLIAM RALPH GILL JRCorporal · September 9, 1966
- JOSEPH WALTER MATTLance Corporal · September 9, 1966
From Binghamton
- LAWRENCE GEORGE BROWNLance Corporal · December 4, 1965
- JOHN MONKSPrivate First Class · January 27, 1966
- LAWRENCE EVERETT JOHNSONPetty Officer Third Class · March 4, 1966
- THOMAS WILLIAM EDWARDSPrivate First Class · March 5, 1966
- WILLIAM EDWARD STEIERPrivate First Class · June 24, 1966
- EARL LEON CRISSELL JRCorporal · March 1, 1967
- JOHN EDWIN BERNARDSergeant · June 17, 1967
- ROBIN DOUGLAS MACLEODPrivate First Class · June 22, 1967
- LAWRENCE DAVID PETERSSergeant · September 4, 1967
- EDWIN PAUL PRENTICESpecialist Four · September 5, 1967
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.