JOE  GILLESPIE

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Deceased 09/11/1967
Rate/Rank
 SSGT
Service Branch
USMCR 3/1945 - 9/1967
Speciality
INFANTRY UNIT LEADER
Born
 04/01/1930
MC CAMEY, TX
KILLED IN ACTION IN THUA THIEN PROVINCE, SOUTH VIETNAM.
SIGNIFICANT DUTY STATIONS
SUB UNIT 4, HEADQUARTERS BATTALION
3RD MARDIV, III MAF
SIGNIFICANT AWARDS
PURPLE HEART * COMBAT ACTION RIBBON 
NAVY PRESIDENTIAL UNIT CITATION * MARINE CORPS GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL 
SELECTED MARINE CORPS RESERVE 
AMERICAN CAMPAIGN MEDAL 
ASIATIC-PACIFIC CAMPAIGN MEDAL 
WORLD WAR II VICTORY MEDAL 
NAVY OCCUPATION SERVICE MEDAL 
NATIONAL DEFENSE SERVICE MEDAL 
VIETNAM SERVICE MEDAL WITH 2 BRONZE SERVICE STARS 
NAVY FLEET MARINE CORPS SERVICE RIBBON 
REPUBLIC OF VIETNAM GALLANTRY CROSS UNIT CITATION 
REPUBLIC OF VIETNAM CIVIL ACTIONS UNIT CITATION 
REPUBLIC OF VIETNAM CAMPAIGN MEDAL