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- Name:
- Wayne Thomas Gilchrest
- State of Birth:
- NJ
- Home State:
- MD
- Gender
- Male
- War or Conflict
- Vietnam War, 1961-1975
- Military Status
- Veteran
- Dates of Service
- 1964-1968
- Entrance into Service
- Enlisted
- Branch of Service
- Marine Corps
- Unit of Service
- L Company, 3rd Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division; E Company, 2nd Battalion, 1st Marine Division
- Location of Service
- Camp Lejeune, and Camp Geiger, North Carolina; Vietnam; Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
- Battles/Campaigns
- Operation Hastings, Operation Union, Operation Stone
- Highest Rank
- Sergeant
- Prisoner of War
- No
- Service History Note
- The Veteran served in the infantry as a squad leader and a platoon leader.
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- Type of Resource:
- Video: Hi-8/Digital 8 [1 item] -- Oral history interview
- Manuscript: Biography [1 item] -- Typewritten document
- Interviewer:
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Kathy Abey
- Contributor:
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Wayne Gilchrest
- Contributor Affiliation/Organization:
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U.S. House of Representatives/Wayne Gilchrest
- Collection #:
- AFC/2001/001/63732
- Subjects:
- Gilchrest, Wayne Thomas
- Vietnam War, 1961-1975--Personal Narratives
- United States. Marine Corps.
- Cite as:
- Wayne Thomas Gilchrest Collection
(AFC/2001/001/63732), Veterans History Project,
American Folklife Center, Library of Congress
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