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ERNEST GIBSON
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
March 22, 1943 – August 8, 1966
Service recordErnest Gibson, of Pioneer, Tennessee, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on August 8, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 9E, Line 112 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9E · Line 112
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Heavy Anti-Armor Weapons Infantryman (11H)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- March 22, 1943
- Home of record
- Pioneer, Tennessee (Campbell County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 8, 1966
- Age
- 23
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
50 names on the Wall carry the date August 8, 1966. In August 1966, 501 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 45 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 9E, Line 112
- DONALD LEE CORBINPrivate First Class · August 8, 1966
- JAMES HERBERT FIFE JRPrivate First Class · August 8, 1966
- MELVIN FRANKLIN FLOYDPlatoon Sergeant · August 8, 1966
- LAWRENCE HERBERT GOLBERGColonel · August 8, 1966
Same unit, same day
- RICHARD JAMES CALLENPrivate First Class · Panel 9E, Line 111
- JAMES HERBERT FIFE JRPrivate First Class · Panel 9E, Line 112
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.