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JOHN EDDIE GIBSON
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
March 6, 1950 – September 29, 1968
Service recordJohn Eddie Gibson, of Cleveland, Ohio, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on September 29, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 42W, Line 40 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 42W · Line 40
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
- March 6, 1950
- Home of record
- Cleveland, Ohio (Cuyahoga County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 29, 1968
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
34 names on the Wall carry the date September 29, 1968; 13 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 42W, Line 40
- WILLIE GENE GADDYPrivate First Class · September 29, 1968
- RICHARD OWEN GULLIXSONPrivate First Class · September 29, 1968
- ROBERT RICHARD HAMILTONSpecialist Five · September 29, 1968
- SHERWOOD DAVID KREISWarrant Officer 1 · September 29, 1968
From Cleveland
- HAROLD E STRONG JRSergeant First Class · January 23, 1965
- KENNETH LEE DEAN JRCaptain · April 20, 1965
- BOBBY RUSSELLSergeant First Class · June 10, 1965
- THOMAS H BOTTSSergeant First Class · September 4, 1965
- LEONARD JOHN DADANTEFirst Lieutenant · September 9, 1965
- JOHN PAUL DUCHNOWSKILance Corporal · November 5, 1965
- LAVALLE ERNEST CARLTONPrivate First Class · November 8, 1965
- DONALD ROBERT CLARKCaptain · November 9, 1965
- DAVID LOUIS MENDOZASpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
- RICHARD KILLENSSpecialist Four · December 5, 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.