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GORDON JOHN DIBBLE
Chief Petty Officer · U.S. Navy
January 27, 1928 – October 23, 1967
Service recordGordon John Dibble, of Los Angeles, California, served as a Chief Petty Officer in the U.S. Navy. He died on October 23, 1967, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 39. His name is inscribed on Panel 28E, Line 54 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 28E · Line 54
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. Navy
- Rank
- Chief Petty Officer (CPO)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Steelworker (SW)
- Unit (as recorded)
- NMCB 121 3 NC BDE
- Born
- January 27, 1928
- Home of record
- Los Angeles, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 23, 1967
- Age
- 39
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
33 names on the Wall carry the date October 23, 1967; four of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In October 1967, 906 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “NMCB 121 3 NC BDE”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 28E, Line 54
- ANTHONY JOHN ESTELLAPlatoon Sergeant · October 23, 1967
- MICHAEL CHARLES ETTZCorporal · October 23, 1967
- DAVID WAYNE FISHERSpecialist Four · October 23, 1967
- WILLIAM FORDSergeant First Class · October 23, 1967
Same unit, same day
- JON RICHARD MORVAYPetty Officer Third Class · Panel 28E, Line 56
From Los Angeles
- JAMES WILLIAM MCNALLYTechnical Sergeant · October 23, 1963
- FRANK JOHN HOLGUINPrivate First Class · March 15, 1964
- RICHARD DEAN GOSSCaptain · August 29, 1964
- JOHN LOWERY MCCOYSergeant First Class · September 26, 1964
- JAMES HENRY MCLEANMaster Sergeant · February 9, 1965
- DWIGHT GLENN FRAKESChief Petty Officer · February 24, 1965
- AARON HAROLD WESTERNPrivate First Class · June 16, 1965
- EDWARD JAMES ANDERSPrivate First Class · June 18, 1965
- MAURICE RICHARD HILLPrivate · June 29, 1965
- WILLIAM WARREN HAILLieutenant Colonel · August 2, 1965
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.