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JOHN A GIBSON
Corporal · U.S. Army
January 19, 1948 – November 25, 1967
Service recordJohn A Gibson, of Grandin, Missouri, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on November 25, 1967, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 30E, Line 84 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 30E · Line 84
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- January 19, 1948
- Home of record
- Grandin, Missouri (Carter County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 25, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date November 25, 1967; four of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In November 1967, 1,133 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 91 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 30E, Line 84
- JOHN MILTON EKSTADTSpecialist Five · November 25, 1967
- DENNIS REX ESTESPrivate First Class · November 25, 1967
- ROBERT E HACKETTStaff Sergeant · November 25, 1967
- ARTHUR JAMES HENSINGERSpecialist Four · November 25, 1967
Same unit, same day
- DENNIS REX ESTESPrivate First Class · Panel 30E, Line 84
- ROBERT LUCIAN MLYNARSKISecond Lieutenant · Panel 30E, Line 86
- ROBERT ANDREW VANPATTENFirst Lieutenant · Panel 30E, Line 87
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.