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ALTON GEORGE GIBSON
Sergeant · U.S. Army
January 8, 1939 – January 21, 1969
Service recordAlton George Gibson, of Cincinnati, Ohio, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on January 21, 1969, in South Vietnam, at age 30. His name is inscribed on Panel 34W, Line 48 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 34W · Line 48
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Communications Center Specialist (72B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 LOGISTIC CMD
- Born
- January 8, 1939
- Home of record
- Cincinnati, Ohio (Hamilton County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 21, 1969
- Age
- 30
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Infectious Disease
Context · from the records
What was happening
44 names on the Wall carry the date January 21, 1969. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 LOGISTIC CMD”, his unit in the record, lost 11 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 34W, Line 48
- DANIEL PATRICK GALLAGHERLance Corporal · January 21, 1969
- EDDIE GILBERT GAYPrivate First Class · January 21, 1969
- GARY BERNARD GEHRKESpecialist Six · January 21, 1969
- MARVIN ARTHUR GIESStaff Sergeant · January 21, 1969
Same unit, same day
- BRUCE ALAN CLARKSpecialist Four · Panel 34W, Line 47
- NORMAN JAMES NOBLESPrivate · Panel 34W, Line 52
From Cincinnati
- ROBERT DAVID BENNETTCaptain · November 5, 1962
- TOM WARDSergeant First Class · August 20, 1964
- KENNETH EDWARD HUMELieutenant Commander · March 29, 1965
- JAMES MELVEN PENNYPrivate First Class · July 15, 1965
- GENE RAYMOND GOLLAHONLieutenant · August 13, 1965
- LEONARD FREDERICK VOGT JRCommander · September 18, 1965
- CLARENCE HENRY GRAYStaff Sergeant · October 5, 1965
- EDWARD KEMPPrivate First Class · October 23, 1965
- CHARLES R DAVIS JRSpecialist Five · November 1, 1965
- TOMMY ALLEN DOAKPrivate First Class · November 17, 1965
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.