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GEORGE WESLEY GIPSON
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
January 20, 1949 – July 20, 1968
Service recordGeorge Wesley Gipson, of Miami, Florida, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on July 20, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 51W, Line 18 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 51W · Line 18
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- January 20, 1949
- Home of record
- Miami, Florida (Dade County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 20, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
36 names on the Wall carry the date July 20, 1968; seven of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 51W, Line 18
- MARCELLUS GARLAND JRPrivate First Class · July 20, 1968
- AUSTIN DALE GIBSONSpecialist Four · July 20, 1968
- ROBERT LEE GRAHAMStaff Sergeant · July 20, 1968
- MICHAEL JAMES GWINNSpecialist Four · July 20, 1968
From Miami
- LOUIS ANTHONY CARRICARTESecond Lieutenant · December 12, 1963
- RANDOLPH CHESTER HOLDERLance Corporal · May 28, 1965
- ALBERT FRED ROBERTSStaff Sergeant · June 18, 1965
- ROBERT WILLIAM REAGANChief Warrant Officer 2 · September 9, 1965
- SAM MICHAEL SAVAS JRMajor · October 12, 1965
- JEFFRY LETSON KOCKRITZSergeant · October 28, 1965
- RONALD HAROLD LUKEPrivate First Class · November 4, 1965
- OSVALDO AMODIASSergeant · November 17, 1965
- JERRY NELSON HUGHESPrivate First Class · January 10, 1966
- LEON BOYD SMITH IICaptain · January 12, 1966
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.