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JERRY DON GIBBS
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
June 8, 1947 – December 30, 1968
Service recordJerry Don Gibbs, of Gainesville, Texas, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on December 30, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 35W, Line 9 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 35W · Line 9
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
- Machinegunner (0331)
- Born
- June 8, 1947
- Home of record
- Gainesville, Texas (Cooke County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 30, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date December 30, 1968; four of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In December 1968, 855 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 35W, Line 9
- MARC CHARLES GORHAMPrivate First Class · December 30, 1968
- JAMES RAY JERSONFirst Lieutenant · December 30, 1968
- LELAND S MCCANTS IIIFirst Lieutenant · December 30, 1968
- ANTANAS ARVIDA PRIZGINTASSecond Lieutenant · December 30, 1968
From Gainesville
- JERRY LYNE STEEDSpecialist Four · June 24, 1967
- THOMAS NEAL BREWERLance Corporal · January 7, 1968
- JOE LESLIE BIFFLE JRSpecialist Four · January 21, 1968
- DONALD JOE BOAZPrivate First Class · April 12, 1968
- WILLIE OVERSTREET JRSpecialist Five · June 11, 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.