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JAMES THURMAN GIBSON
Private First Class · U.S. Army
January 3, 1944 – June 18, 1968
Service recordJames Thurman Gibson, of Amburgey, Kentucky, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on June 18, 1968, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 56W, Line 21 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 56W · Line 21
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- January 3, 1944
- Home of record
- Amburgey, Kentucky (Knott County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 18, 1968
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
73 names on the Wall carry the date June 18, 1968; he was the only one lost in Long An Province that day. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 118 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 56W, Line 21
- RICHARD ROBERT ANTONOVICHSergeant · June 18, 1968
- WILLIAM TERRY GIBSONPrivate First Class · June 18, 1968
- CALVIN GOLDEN JRLance Corporal · June 18, 1968
- BASILIO GOMEZPrivate First Class · June 18, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JERRY FLEMINGPrivate First Class · Panel 56W, Line 20
- JAMES ALVIN RAVENCRAFTStaff Sergeant · Panel 56W, Line 27
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.