Lincoln County TN Archives Obituaries.....Gillespie, George W. July 30, 1944
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Lincoln County News - August 31, 1944
Gillespie

First Lt. George W. Gillespie, 19, of San Antonio, Texas, nephew of Mrs.

W. S. Joplin and Mrs. H. B. Whitaker, of Petersburg, was killed in action

in France on July 30.

Son of Mr. and Mrs. Fran* * * M. Gillespie, of San Antonio. Lt. Gillespie

received his reserve commission from Texas Military Institute before

entering the University of the South at Sewanee in September, 1942. He was

called to active duty in February, 1943, receiving officer training at Fort

Benning, Ga., and later going to Camp Shelby, Mississippi.

Lt. Gillespie has two brothers in service, Lt. Frank M. Gillespie, Jr.,

USNR, stationed in Washington, D. C., and Capt. James V. Gillespie, U. S.

Army Air Corps, who was seriously wounded last year while on his 45th

bombing mission over Sicily.

Lincoln County News - August 31, 1944



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