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F G GIPSON JR
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
August 27, 1945 – October 14, 1966
Service recordF G Gipson JR, of Tyler, Texas, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on October 14, 1966, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 11E, Line 73 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11E · Line 73
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
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Unit (as recorded)
- H CO 2 BN 5 MAR 1 MARDIV
- Born
- August 27, 1945
- Home of record
- Tyler, Texas (Smith County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 14, 1966
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
12 names on the Wall carry the date October 14, 1966; two of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In October 1966, 516 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “H CO 2 BN 5 MAR 1 MARDIV”, his unit in the record, lost 3 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 11E, Line 73
- DENNIS WALTER WATERMANSpecialist Five · October 13, 1966
- HUGH WILLIAM WELLONSFirst Lieutenant · October 13, 1966
- JAMES CARLINE DOBSONLance Corporal · October 14, 1966
- PAUL EDWARD FLOYD JRStaff Sergeant · October 14, 1966
From Tyler
- CHARLES TRUITT COURSONCorporal · March 26, 1966
- A D MOSLEYPrivate First Class · April 19, 1966
- RANDALL DUMON HOWELLStaff Sergeant · August 27, 1966
- JAMES EARL WALLACEPrivate First Class · September 8, 1966
- JOHN EDWIN MITCHELLSpecialist Four · November 10, 1966
- RONALD RAY CONNCorporal · December 27, 1966
- PATRICK HENRY PETTWAY IISpecialist Four · February 12, 1967
- GRAHAM RAY HICKLENPrivate First Class · April 17, 1967
- ALBERT BUTLER JRPrivate First Class · June 22, 1967
- HARRY DIWAIN SPIERPrivate First Class · July 10, 1967
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.