The Wall › Panel 53E › Virginia › Carl Reed Gibson
CARL REED GIBSON
Second Lieutenant · U.S. Marine Corps
May 31, 1945 – April 30, 1968
Service recordCarl Reed Gibson, of Radford, Virginia, served as a Second Lieutenant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on April 30, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 53E, Line 13 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 53E · Line 13
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.
Remember
Did you know him? Family members and friends are invited to share a photograph or a memory. Nothing is posted until it has been reviewed.
Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Second Lieutenant (2NDLT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Basic Field Artillery Officer (I) (0801)
- Born
- May 31, 1945
- Home of record
- Radford, Virginia (Radford (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 30, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Tri
- 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 April 30, 1968; 53 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 53E, Line 13
- EDDIE AUGUSTUS GARDNERCorporal · April 30, 1968
- MARCELLO C GARZA JRCorporal · April 30, 1968
- ROY LEE GIBSONSergeant · April 30, 1968
- JOHN ANTHONY GLORIOSOCorporal · April 30, 1968
From Radford
- MARION GILMER RUNIONCaptain · February 2, 1967
- RAYMOND MORGAN KILBYPrivate First Class · October 1, 1969
- PHILLIP MICHAEL LONGPrivate First Class · April 10, 1970
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.