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DONALD FREDERICK GIBSON
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
July 2, 1928 – August 26, 1966
Service recordDonald Frederick Gibson, of Wheaton, Illinois, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on August 26, 1966, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 38. His name is inscribed on Panel 10E, Line 46 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10E · Line 46
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Intelligence Assistant (0239)
- Unit (as recorded)
- HQS BTRY 2 MAR 3 MARDIV
- Born
- July 2, 1928
- Home of record
- Wheaton, Illinois (Du Page County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 26, 1966
- Age
- 38
- Province
- Quang Tri
- 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 August 26, 1966; nine of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In August 1966, 501 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 10E, Line 46
- DANIEL LEE EARLENBAUGHSpecialist Four · August 26, 1966
- JERRY WAYNE EDDYPrivate First Class · August 26, 1966
- RICHARD ALAN FRYECorporal · August 26, 1966
- JULES T GIRTANNERSpecialist Four · August 26, 1966
From Wheaton
- BRUCE DOUGLAS WEBBCaptain · August 18, 1965
- JOHN RICHARD GREGOIRESpecialist Four · April 2, 1967
- RICHARD LEE BLASENLance Corporal · June 3, 1967
- JOHN ANDREW DONNALLieutenant Colonel · August 1, 1967
- JON FRANCIS VANDUYNStaff Sergeant · April 8, 1968
- FLOYD WARREN OLSENLieutenant Colonel · April 21, 1968
- KENNETH KEITH KNABB JRLieutenant Commander · October 21, 1968
- EDWARD LEE GUSTAFSONPrivate First Class · November 1, 1968
- JOHN SHELBY POOLERSpecialist Four · November 29, 1968
- FRANKLIN LEROY KOCHFirst Lieutenant · May 28, 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.