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CHARLES DONNETTE GIPSON
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
May 8, 1943 – May 26, 1972
Service recordCharles Donnette Gipson, of Brewton, Alabama, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 26, 1972, in South Vietnam, at age 29. His name is inscribed on Panel 1W, Line 33 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1W · Line 33
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- SPECIAL FORCES
- Born
- May 8, 1943
- Home of record
- Brewton, Alabama (Escambia County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 26, 1972
- Age
- 29
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
Two names on the Wall carry the date May 26, 1972. In May 1972, 113 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in South Vietnam while the Easter Offensive was under way. On 30 March 1972, North Vietnam launched its largest offensive since 1968, attacking across the DMZ, toward An Lộc and into the Central Highlands. By then few U.S. ground troops remained; American advisers and air power fought alongside the South Vietnamese.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 1W, Line 33
- HENRY HOOKER STRONG JRCaptain · May 25, 1972
- RICHARD ROLAND ARSENAULTStaff Sergeant · May 26, 1972
- LARRY KANE MORROWSergeant · May 29, 1972
- GERALD DOUGLAS SPRADLINWarrant Officer 1 · May 29, 1972
From Brewton
- OBIE CLYDE SIMMONSPrivate First Class · May 20, 1966
- DALTON BUSTER LOWERYLance Corporal · December 20, 1966
- JAMES FLOYD MADDENCorporal · April 9, 1967
- JOSEPH EARL HAMMACSpecialist Four · June 16, 1967
- JOHN WESLEY WINTERCorporal · February 1, 1968
- JIMMY RAY THOMASPrivate First Class · May 31, 1968
- DAVID MARSHALL HAVEARDLance Corporal · July 7, 1970
- WILLIAM RICHARD ELLISStaff Sergeant · November 14, 1970
- DONALD WAYNE SMITHSpecialist Four · January 14, 1971
- J C SUMMERLINSpecialist Four · May 21, 1971
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.