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BILLY EDWIN GIPSON
Sergeant · U.S. Army
November 30, 1942 – June 5, 1966
Service recordBilly Edwin Gipson, of Indianapolis, Indiana, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on June 5, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 8E, Line 10 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8E · Line 10
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
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Born
- November 30, 1942
- Home of record
- Indianapolis, Indiana (Marion County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 5, 1966
- Age
- 23
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date June 5, 1966. In June 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 8E, Line 10
- THOMETT DARTHAN CAMPBELLPrivate First Class · June 5, 1966
- MICHAEL PATRICK DONLONSergeant · June 5, 1966
- JOHN PETER GUERINStaff Sergeant · June 5, 1966
- DOUGLAS WARREN HOGGELance Corporal · June 5, 1966
From Indianapolis
- JAMES EDWARD CAUGHEYSpecialist Four · August 14, 1964
- CLARENCE LEROY COLEMANSpecialist Five · February 10, 1965
- IVAN RAY SMITHPrivate First Class · May 13, 1965
- KENNETH LEROY REEDStaff Sergeant · June 12, 1965
- JOHN POWERS DAVISSpecialist Five · July 21, 1965
- CURLEY SHERELS JRCorporal · August 18, 1965
- ALVIN CARVER FORNEYCorporal · September 1, 1965
- WILLIAM LARRIE HUNTPrivate First Class · November 6, 1965
- THOMAS CURTIS METSKERCaptain · November 14, 1965
- VILIS LISMENTSCorporal · November 22, 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.