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GAYLON G GIPSON
Sergeant First Class · U.S. Army
October 4, 1935 – October 15, 1967
Service recordGaylon G Gipson, of Bivins, Texas, served as a Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on October 15, 1967, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 32. His name is inscribed on Panel 28E, Line 8 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 28E · Line 8
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
- Sergeant First Class (SFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- October 4, 1935
- Home of record
- Bivins, Texas (Cass County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 15, 1967
- Age
- 32
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date October 15, 1967; five of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In October 1967, 906 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 105 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 28E, Line 8
- RALPH PAUL COSTANZOSpecialist Four · October 15, 1967
- NATHANIEL DABONSergeant · October 15, 1967
- PATRICK LAWRENCE DOYLELance Corporal · October 15, 1967
- ROBERT JAMES EDWARDSLance Corporal · October 15, 1967
Same unit, same day
- PHILLIP EUGENE REEDSpecialist Four · Panel 28E, Line 11
From Bivins
- RAYFORD NEAL SEWELLSpecialist Four · November 26, 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.