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CPT Archie H. Gillespie

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CPT Archie H. Gillespie

Birth
Elizabethtown, Bladen County, North Carolina, USA
Death
28 Mar 1939 (aged 61)
New York, USA
Burial
West Point, Orange County, New York, USA GPS-Latitude: 41.3988332, Longitude: -73.9689519
Plot
Section XXXI, Row I, Site 156.
Memorial ID
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New stone installed in April 2021.

He was the son of Ward and Mary Gillespie, who were both born in the West Indies.
On the 1910 Census he is found as a soldier at Camp Russell in Wyoming with the 9th Cavalry.
It was one of the original six regiments of the regular United States Army set aside for black enlisted men.
New stone installed in April 2021.

He was the son of Ward and Mary Gillespie, who were both born in the West Indies.
On the 1910 Census he is found as a soldier at Camp Russell in Wyoming with the 9th Cavalry.
It was one of the original six regiments of the regular United States Army set aside for black enlisted men.


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  • Created by: SLGMSD
  • Added: May 28, 2014
  • Find a Grave Memorial ID:
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/130502992/archie_h-gillespie: accessed ), memorial page for CPT Archie H. Gillespie (16 Oct 1877–28 Mar 1939), Find a Grave Memorial ID 130502992, citing United States Military Academy Post Cemetery, West Point, Orange County, New York, USA; Maintained by SLGMSD (contributor 46825959).