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AUSTIN DALE GIBSON
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
February 21, 1948 – July 20, 1968
Service recordAustin Dale Gibson, of Keota, Oklahoma, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on July 20, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 51W, Line 18 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 51W · Line 18
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- February 21, 1948
- Home of record
- Keota, Oklahoma (Haskell County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 20, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
36 names on the Wall carry the date July 20, 1968; 13 of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 80 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 51W, Line 18
- MARCELLUS GARLAND JRPrivate First Class · July 20, 1968
- GEORGE WESLEY GIPSONPrivate First Class · July 20, 1968
- ROBERT LEE GRAHAMStaff Sergeant · July 20, 1968
- MICHAEL JAMES GWINNSpecialist Four · July 20, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JAMES ARTHUR CLEVELANDSergeant · Panel 51W, Line 17
- ERNEST EVANSSergeant · Panel 51W, Line 17
- BRUCE ALEN MARRONPrivate First Class · Panel 51W, Line 19
- JAMES EDWARD OTOOLE JRSpecialist Five · Panel 51W, Line 20
From Keota
- JIMMIE RAY GREENCorporal · November 27, 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.