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JAMES VAL GIBSON
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
July 31, 1951 – June 2, 1970
Service recordJames Val Gibson, of Columbus, Ohio, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on June 2, 1970, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 9W, Line 1 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9W · Line 1
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- July 31, 1951
- Home of record
- Columbus, Ohio (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 2, 1970
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date June 2, 1970; he was the only one lost in Quảng Tín Province that day. In June 1970, 560 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 16 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 9W, Line 1
- GARY LYN GILESStaff Sergeant · June 2, 1970
- JOSEPH MICHAEL GIUSTACorporal · June 2, 1970
- DARRELL WAYNE HANSONCorporal · June 2, 1970
- DANIEL WALLACE HARRISONCorporal · June 2, 1970
From Columbus
- LAWRENCE CLAIR HAMMONDChief Warrant Officer 2 · January 11, 1963
- JOHN FREDRICK STONEBURNERMajor · December 9, 1964
- TOMMY JOE BELCHERSpecialist Four · February 10, 1965
- ANDREW JACOB HINDERMANPrivate First Class · September 11, 1965
- WILLIAM BISHOP WOLFLance Corporal · October 14, 1965
- DENNIS SMITHCorporal · October 30, 1965
- CHARLES THOMAS MOORE JRSpecialist Five · November 17, 1965
- KENNETH POLINGSpecialist Four · November 21, 1965
- MORRIS LEE BARGYCorporal · November 29, 1965
- MORRIS E JENKINSSpecialist Five · December 2, 1965
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.