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DONALD LEE GIBSON
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
February 28, 1945 – July 19, 1968
Service recordDonald Lee Gibson, of Milford, Delaware, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on July 19, 1968, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 51W, Line 10 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 51W · Line 10
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- February 28, 1945
- Home of record
- Milford, Delaware (Kent County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 19, 1968
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
32 names on the Wall carry the date July 19, 1968; four of them were lost in Gia Dinh Province. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 38 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 51W, Line 10
- WILLIAM LEE CARR JRLance Corporal · July 19, 1968
- ROBERT WILSON DAVISSpecialist Four · July 19, 1968
- CHARLES DANDRIDGE EBERTCaptain · July 19, 1968
- STANLEY LLOYD GRUNSTADCorporal · July 19, 1968
Same unit, same day
- THOMAS LEON GUTHRIEStaff Sergeant · Panel 51W, Line 11
- ROBERT LEE WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · Panel 51W, Line 15
From Milford
- JAMES HAROLD JOHNSON JRCaptain · October 3, 1963
- WAYNE CLIFFORD JESTERPrivate · April 10, 1968
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.