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DAVID GIBSON
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
August 16, 1948 – May 18, 1968
Service recordDavid Gibson, of Pomaria, South Carolina, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 18, 1968, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 62E, Line 18 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 62E · Line 18
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- August 16, 1948
- Home of record
- Pomaria, South Carolina (Newberry County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 18, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
59 names on the Wall carry the date May 18, 1968; two of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 103 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 62E, Line 18
- PETER MATHEW GUENETTESpecialist Four · May 18, 1968
- ROBERT WAYNE HAMMERSpecialist Four · May 18, 1968
- JOE DEAN HELVEYMaster Sergeant · May 18, 1968
- JOSEPH ANTHONY PADILLASpecialist Four · May 18, 1968
Same unit, same day
- LARRY GENE CALHOUNSpecialist Four · Panel 62E, Line 14
- ROBERT WAYNE HAMMERSpecialist Four · Panel 62E, Line 18
- BRUCE LEVYPrivate First Class · Panel 62E, Line 19
- HOWARD RAY SPITZERPrivate First Class · Panel 63E, Line 1
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.