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BRUCE STEWART GIBSON
Captain · U.S. Army
December 16, 1946 – September 11, 1969
Service recordBruce Stewart Gibson, of Allen Park, Michigan, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on September 11, 1969, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 18W, Line 72 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18W · Line 72
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Air Observation Pilot (1981)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- December 16, 1946
- Home of record
- Allen Park, Michigan (Wayne County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 11, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
39 names on the Wall carry the date September 11, 1969; two of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In September 1969, 664 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 48 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 18W, Line 72
- MARVIN RAY ROBINSONSpecialist Five · September 11, 1969
- CHARLES BRENT ROSSFirst Lieutenant · September 11, 1969
- JERRY VAN RYANCorporal · September 11, 1969
- DENNIS WAYNE SHEWSpecialist Four · September 11, 1969
Same unit, same day
- ALDEN JOHN BULLWINKELSpecialist Four · Panel 18W, Line 66
- REGINALD TYRONE BYRDSpecialist Four · Panel 18W, Line 67
- JAMES RALPH POTTERStaff Sergeant · Panel 18W, Line 71
From Allen Park
- THOMAS RICHARD BRANDHospitalman Apprentice · August 18, 1965
- TOMMY LEE WHITEPrivate First Class · April 5, 1966
- CLARENCE EDWARD JOHNSONPrivate First Class · September 20, 1966
- DONALD FRED SCHAFERSecond Lieutenant · May 19, 1967
- WILLIAM CHARLES VANCELance Corporal · April 4, 1968
- KEVIN EUGENE MOLINECorporal · October 30, 1968
- RICHARD CHARLES DEVINSSpecialist Four · November 28, 1968
- MARK ALLAN TAYLORPrivate First Class · January 22, 1969
- RICHARD ALLEN PENKELance Corporal · February 23, 1969
- JOSEPH GEORGE BOWMAN JRSergeant · March 21, 1969
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.