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JACK RONALD GIBBS
Sergeant · U.S. Army
February 19, 1948 – November 29, 1970
Service recordJack Ronald Gibbs, of Clarksville, Tennessee, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on November 29, 1970, in Ninh Thuan Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 6W, Line 90 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6W · Line 90
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 (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Communications Center Specialist (72B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- February 19, 1948
- Home of record
- Clarksville, Tennessee (Montgomery County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 29, 1970
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Ninh Thuan
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
38 names on the Wall carry the date November 29, 1970; 29 of them were lost in Ninh Thuan Province. In November 1970, 347 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM”, his unit in the record, lost 42 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 6W, Line 90
- GEORGE BEEDYSpecialist Four · November 29, 1970
- JOSEPH CARLTON BLACKWELLSergeant · November 29, 1970
- ELMON C CAUDILL IIFirst Lieutenant · November 29, 1970
- FRANKLIN D DEFENBAUGHChief Warrant Officer 2 · November 29, 1970
Same unit, same day
- RAYMOND HENRY GRAYSergeant · Panel 6W, Line 91
- LEE ROY EDWARD LINTONStaff Sergeant · Panel 6W, Line 93
- ROBERT JOSEPH POLNIAKCaptain · Panel 6W, Line 95
From Clarksville
- LAWRENCE WOODSStaff Sergeant · October 24, 1964
- WOODROW WILSON VADENMajor · December 10, 1964
- DONALD HOWARD MEEKSpecialist Five · September 16, 1965
- JAMES DAVID LONGStaff Sergeant · September 30, 1965
- HUGH CAMPBELL GALBRAITHChief Warrant Officer 2 · July 24, 1966
- FRANK LUTHER HUDDLESTONMaster Sergeant · May 17, 1966
- ROBERT DONALD JENKINSPrivate First Class · March 22, 1967
- HAROLD A BEAVERSON JRStaff Sergeant · May 31, 1967
- JOSEPH LYLE FARMERSergeant · December 31, 1967
- DONALD PETER GERVAISMaster Sergeant · May 1, 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.