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HERMAN DANNY GIBSON
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
May 5, 1948 – November 6, 1969
Service recordHerman Danny Gibson, of Hurricane, West Virginia, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on November 6, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 16W, Line 38 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16W · Line 38
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
- May 5, 1948
- Home of record
- Hurricane, West Virginia (Putnam County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 6, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date November 6, 1969; he was the only one lost in Quảng Nam Province that day. In November 1969, 660 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 16W, Line 38
- JAMES LESLIE DOWNINGSpecialist Five · November 6, 1969
- DAVID JOHN GAMBLECorporal · November 6, 1969
- DONALD GENE HEDGECOCKSpecialist Four · November 6, 1969
- RICHARD LANCE HONEYFirst Lieutenant · November 6, 1969
From Hurricane
- CLIFFORD GERALD BURDETTELance Corporal · October 30, 1970
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.