Date of birth:

September 6th, 1923 (London/Greater London, England)

Date of death:

May 18th, 1976 (Austria)

Nationality:

American

Captain Neil Gilliam was a war volunteer and the only George Medal recipient of the AFS.

He was and American, as were his parents. After the death of his father, the family moved back to the States. When World War II broke out, he fibbed about his age and went first to North Africa, and from there on to Burma.

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• Photo 1: Sandy Gilliam Reiter
• - AFS Letters Victory Edition
  - AFS Letters 39 August 1945
  - ourstory.info
  - Gilliam, Neil McDowell - The AFS Archive