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JOHNNY ALLISON GIBSON
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
April 18, 1948 – March 30, 1969
Service recordJohnny Allison Gibson, of Bloomburg, Texas, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on March 30, 1969, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 28W, Line 91 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 28W · Line 91
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- April 18, 1948
- Home of record
- Bloomburg, Texas (Cass County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 30, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
38 names on the Wall carry the date March 30, 1969; six of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 174 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 28W, Line 91
- WILLIAM ANDREW GOULDPrivate First Class · March 30, 1969
- CHARLES LYNN HODGESpecialist Four · March 30, 1969
- NELSON LEPORT HORCHEM JRSpecialist Four · March 30, 1969
- CLARENCE ALBERT LATIMERSergeant First Class · March 30, 1969
Same unit, same day
- ARTHUR MILTON BRADBERRYSergeant First Class · Panel 28W, Line 89
- JAMES CARL FOXPrivate First Class · Panel 28W, Line 90
- CLARENCE ALBERT LATIMERSergeant First Class · Panel 28W, Line 91
- CHARLES MICHAEL LAMBYSergeant · Panel 28W, Line 92
- FRED D SMITHSergeant · Panel 28W, Line 94
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.