Name:
Dexter B. Gilliard
Rank:
Lance Corporal
Serial Number:
Unit:
U.S.S. Guam
Date of Death:
1977-01-17
State:
New York
Cemetery:
Long Island National Cemetery, New York
Plot:
Q, 1669-A
Row:
Grave:
Decoration:
Comments:
LCPL Gilliard was born on July 8, 1954, in New York, New York. He was assigned in HMM-264, USS Guam. He died on January 17, 1977, at the age of 22, in the Liberty launch boat (LCM-6) accident as he was aboard. Their boat struck a freighter and capsized during the USS Trenton and USS Guam visitation in Barcelona, Spain. He is now buried in Long Island National Cemetery, East Farmingdale, Suffolk County, New York, USA.