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ALVIN RALPH GIBBLE
Private First Class · U.S. Army
January 20, 1948 – March 26, 1968
Service recordAlvin Ralph Gibble, of Lancaster, Pennsylvania, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on March 26, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 46E, Line 33 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 46E · Line 33
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- January 20, 1948
- Home of record
- Lancaster, Pennsylvania (Lancaster County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 26, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
87 names on the Wall carry the date March 26, 1968; 22 of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In March 1968, 1,767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 208 of its members that month.
He died in Thừa Thiên Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 46E, Line 33
- STEVEN HENRY GERLACHFirst Lieutenant · March 26, 1968
- JOHN PATRICK GIDDINGSSpecialist Four · March 26, 1968
- DENNIS STEPHEN GLEASONPrivate First Class · March 26, 1968
- JAMES TONY GORSICHFirst Lieutenant · March 26, 1968
Same unit, same day
- EDWIN LAWRENCE ARMSTRONGPrivate First Class · Panel 46E, Line 27
- CRAIG PHILIP AVERILLCorporal · Panel 46E, Line 27
- JACK EDWARD DERRICOSpecialist Four · Panel 46E, Line 31
- CHARLES LAVERNE HATCHERSpecialist Four · Panel 46E, Line 35
- JOHN RICHARD HORTONPrivate First Class · Panel 46E, Line 35
- GLEN DAVID HUBBARDSpecialist Four · Panel 46E, Line 35
- PHILIP JAMES KREK JRSergeant · Panel 46E, Line 36
- WAYNE DALE KRUEGERPrivate First Class · Panel 46E, Line 36
- ROGER MARK LINKPrivate First Class · Panel 46E, Line 37
- PHILIP CRAIG BENNSecond Lieutenant · Panel 46E, Line 40
- ERNESTO SALVADOR PEREASpecialist Four · Panel 46E, Line 40
- WAYNE ERIC RISNERPrivate First Class · Panel 46E, Line 41
- JOE WILKINS SMITHPrivate First Class · Panel 46E, Line 42
- HOYLE TERRY JRPrivate First Class · Panel 46E, Line 42
From Lancaster
- STEVEN HESS BOYERPrivate First Class · December 5, 1965
- JOSEPH EUGENE JACKSONSergeant · January 27, 1966
- MARTIN JAMES LACHERStaff Sergeant · April 3, 1966
- GEORGE ROBERT WEAVER JRPetty Officer Second Class · November 1, 1966
- PERCY LEROY CAMPBELLMajor · November 6, 1966
- CHESTER EARL ROWE JRCorporal · April 5, 1967
- JAY DONALD HERRCorporal · August 20, 1967
- GERALD LEE MCKINNEYPrivate First Class · November 22, 1967
- THOMAS EDWARD JENNINGSPrivate First Class · March 5, 1968
- HENRY GERALD GISHStaff Sergeant · March 11, 1968
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.