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HARRY HUTCHISON GIBSON
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
February 22, 1947 – March 21, 1969
Service recordHarry Hutchison Gibson, of Lumberton, North Carolina, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on March 21, 1969, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 29W, Line 98 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 29W · Line 98
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
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Air Observation Pilot (1981)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- February 22, 1947
- Home of record
- Lumberton, North Carolina (Robeson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 21, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
83 names on the Wall carry the date March 21, 1969; 14 of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 44 of its members that month.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 29W, Line 98
- JOHN ENGEDALSergeant · March 21, 1969
- JOSEPH MARTIN EUSTAQUIOSergeant · March 21, 1969
- JERRY LEE EWINGPrivate First Class · March 21, 1969
- MICKEY WILLIAM HILLCorporal · March 21, 1969
Same unit, same day
- FRANKLIN D ASHLEY IISpecialist Four · Panel 29W, Line 94
- ROBERT ALLEN BAETZELWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 29W, Line 95
- RICHARD C BENICEWICZCaptain · Panel 29W, Line 96
- ROBERT ALAN DALTONFirst Lieutenant · Panel 29W, Line 97
- THOMAS EDWARD JONES JRFirst Lieutenant · Panel 29W, Line 100
- ALBERT OTTO KRAUSSERSpecialist Four · Panel 29W, Line 101
- TED DOUGLAS MILLSSergeant · Panel 29W, Line 103
- THOMAS MCKNETT NEWMANFirst Lieutenant · Panel 29W, Line 104
- DAVID BRUCE PETERSONCaptain · Panel 28W, Line 1
- ROBERT EMMETT PIERSONPrivate First Class · Panel 28W, Line 1
- RENE ANTHONY SANTOSSpecialist Five · Panel 28W, Line 1
- DALE LOUIS STOCKSpecialist Four · Panel 28W, Line 4
- GERALD RICHARD THOMPSONSpecialist Five · Panel 28W, Line 5
- MICHAEL KELLY THOMPSONCaptain · Panel 28W, Line 5
From Lumberton
- DAVID THOMPSONSergeant First Class · January 27, 1964
- FRANKLIN EUGENE HOSLERSergeant · April 4, 1966
- CHARLES EDWARD MCRAESpecialist Four · June 19, 1966
- TIMOTHY COLEMAN PATTERSONSergeant · April 22, 1967
- HARRY L ALWAYFirst Lieutenant · July 13, 1967
- CECIL A MEARESSergeant First Class · September 23, 1967
- GLENN DIRK KERNSPrivate First Class · November 11, 1967
- HUGHIE OXENDINEStaff Sergeant · December 25, 1967
- LEE ANDREW BOWDENSergeant · April 6, 1968
- DONALD FRANK MCKENZIEStaff Sergeant · December 10, 1968
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.