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JOHN CHRISTOPHER GIBSON
Petty Officer Second Class · U.S. Navy
September 26, 1946 – July 28, 1968
Service recordJohn Christopher Gibson, of Hyattsville, Maryland, served as a Petty Officer Second Class in the U.S. Navy. He died on July 28, 1968, in Khanh Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 50W, Line 21 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 50W · 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. Navy
- Rank
- Petty Officer Second Class (PO2)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Damage Controlman (DC)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 7 FLT
- Born
- September 26, 1946
- Home of record
- Hyattsville, Maryland (Prince George's County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 28, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Khanh Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Heart Related
Context · from the records
What was happening
38 names on the Wall carry the date July 28, 1968; he was the only one lost in Khanh Hoa Province that day. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 50W, Line 21
- LARRY TAYLORCorporal · July 27, 1968
- JAMES HOWARD YOUNGPrivate First Class · July 27, 1968
- ROSCOE DAVID ADAMSPrivate · July 28, 1968
- DAVID LEROY BROOKSStaff Sergeant · July 28, 1968
From Hyattsville
- UWE-THORSTEN SCOBELCaptain · March 25, 1964
- JOHN QUINCY QUESENBERRYPrivate First Class · July 9, 1966
- STEPHEN MICHAEL DYDYNSKIPrivate First Class · January 21, 1967
- PAUL LEROY HARRISONPrivate First Class · April 5, 1967
- JOSEPH RAYMOND SMITHSpecialist Four · April 17, 1967
- DAVID KEITH HOLDWAYLance Corporal · May 3, 1967
- MICHAEL JAMES HOOVERPrivate First Class · November 16, 1967
- THOMAS RAY KINGWarrant Officer 1 · December 16, 1967
- ALTON LAMOTTE WATKINS JRCorporal · January 2, 1968
- EUGENE EDWARD SWIFTSeaman · March 9, 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.