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HONORED ON PANEL 29W, LINE 77 OF THE WALL
RICHARD GILLIAM
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RICHARD GILLIAM
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29W/77
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LEFT FOR RICHARD GILLIAM
POSTED ON 3.19.2004
POSTED BY: Sammy Henderson
Thank You
My name is Sammy Henderson. I am a sophomore at Gridley High School. I live in Gridley, Illinois. For my World History class I am posting remembrances for the soldiers who died in Vietnam. What the soldiers did was brave and courageous. They gave their life for our country. I want to say thank you for everything you have done. This is a Gridley High School Posting Project.
POSTED ON 3.19.2004
POSTED BY: Kayla Porzelius
Thank you
Dear Richard,
As a student that participates in the Gridley High School Posting Project, I want to say thank you for all that you did for our country and its people.
God Bless,
Kayla Porzelius
As a student that participates in the Gridley High School Posting Project, I want to say thank you for all that you did for our country and its people.
God Bless,
Kayla Porzelius
POSTED ON 10.27.2002
POSTED BY: Robert Greer
Richard s dream was to buy a home in the country
Heiskell Street, Germantown
Gilliam’s dream was to buy a home in the country. He left Germantown High School and enlisted in the Marine Corps, unsure of whether or not to pursue a military career. The 19-year-old lance corporal, a field artillery fire control man, arrived in Vietnam in May 1968 and was assigned to Battery D of the 2nd Battalion, 11th Marines, 1st Marine Division. He died in Quang Nam Province on March 19, 1969, when another soldier accidentally detonated a grenade near him. He was survived by his mother and four brothers.