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JOHN MICHAEL GIBBONS
Captain · U.S. Army
February 16, 1946 – February 12, 1970
Service recordJohn Michael Gibbons, of Sayville, New York, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on February 12, 1970, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 14W, Line 131 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14W · Line 131
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
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Air Observation Pilot (1981)
- Unit (as recorded)
- AMERICAL DIV
- Born
- February 16, 1946
- Home of record
- Sayville, New York (Suffolk County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 12, 1970
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
34 names on the Wall carry the date February 12, 1970; two of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In February 1970, 569 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The Americal Division, his unit in the record, lost 30 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 14W, Line 131
- WALTER KENON DENNISSergeant First Class · February 12, 1970
- CHARLES PAUL DUESSENTPetty Officer Third Class · February 12, 1970
- DANIEL ALAN FREYCorporal · February 12, 1970
- CHARLES THOMAS GENITTIPrivate First Class · February 12, 1970
Same unit, same day
- KENNETH DEAN BOSTONPrivate First Class · Panel 14W, Line 129
- ROBERT LEE WALKER JRSpecialist Four · Panel 13W, Line 4
From Sayville
- LEWIS BERNARD GAISERFirst Lieutenant · June 27, 1967
- MERRILL HOWARD MASINCaptain · August 12, 1972
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.