Rank: Staff Sergeant
Unit: M Company, 3rd Squadron, 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment
MOS: 11E – Armor Crewman
Awards: Bronze Star Medal, Purple Heart Medal, National Defense Service Medal, Vietnam Service Medal, Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal
Badges: Combat Infantryman Badge
Unit awards: Vietnamese Gallantry Cross with Palm device
Enlisted by: Regular
Date of birth: 22-Jul-1946
Hometown: Okeechobee, Florida
Marital status: Never Married
Campaign: Vietnam Conflict
Entered service: 30-Jun-1966
Start of tour: 20-Jun-1968
Incident date: 7-Apr-1969
Date of casualty: 7-Apr-1969
Age at death: 22
Cause of death: Hostile, died. Small Arms Fire. Gun or small arms fire.
Gary Wayne Gillis was killed by small arms fire from hostile force while commander of a military vehicle on a combat operation. / Tank commander on reconnaissance in force mission engaged hostile force in firefight.
Location of fatality: Binh Duong, South Vietnam, XT 685 357
Place of interment: Montecito Memorial Park, Colton, California, USA
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