Colonel Harrell Nelson Gillis United States Army 28 July 1925 - 14 March 21003 WWII KOREA VIETNAM Arlington National Cemetery Section 67 Site 4010 Colonel Harrell N. Gillis, 77, US Army (Retired) of Newport News, Virginia, a distinguished veteran of World War II, the Korean Conflict and the Vietnam War, was an officer and a gentleman. He died peacefully at home after an extended battle against cancer, renal failure and diabetes on March 14, 2003. He was born to the late Fanny Mack and Dorothy Glenn Gillis on July 28, 1925 in Petersburg, Virginia and lived there until his enlistment in the US Navy at age 17. He was a combat veteran of World War ll (1943 - 1946) serving aboard the escort ship USS White Plains (CVE66) and an aircraft carrier in the Pacific. He continued to serve in the US Naval Reserve earning his commission through Army ROTC while attending Virginia State College. While in college he met and married his beloved wife, the former Ceres Brooks. He graduated with a bachelor's degree in Sociology and joined the US Army specializing in Quartermaster, Aviation and Logistics. Between 1951 and 1974, the Gillises had tours that took them and their five children to Virginia, Germany, Kansas, Colorado, Texas, Alabama, Alaska, Missouri and again to Germany. During his career, Colonel Gillis had many unaccompanied training assignments in the United States, and foreign tours of duty to Japan, Korea and twice to Vietnam. He received numerous awards and commendations ...
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