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JAMES DONALD GIBSON
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
October 23, 1947 – July 27, 1969
Service recordJames Donald Gibson, of Nichols, South Carolina, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on July 27, 1969, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 20W, Line 56 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20W · Line 56
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- October 23, 1947
- Home of record
- Nichols, South Carolina (Marion County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 27, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
37 names on the Wall carry the date July 27, 1969; he was the only one lost in Quảng Tín Province that day. In July 1969, 834 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 19 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 20W, Line 56
- WILBERT CLEMENS FLECKPrivate First Class · July 27, 1969
- RAYMOND GIBELGunnery Sergeant · July 27, 1969
- DAVID MAX GLASCOPrivate First Class · July 27, 1969
- MICHAEL F GRAMLICKLance Corporal · July 27, 1969
Same unit, same day
- DAVID MAX GLASCOPrivate First Class · Panel 20W, Line 56
- GARY RAY MORTONSpecialist Four · Panel 20W, Line 59
From Nichols
- FREDERICK WILSON BERGESSPrivate First Class · March 25, 1967
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.