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KEITH EDWARD GIBSON
Corporal · U.S. Army
August 25, 1950 – May 27, 1969
Service recordKeith Edward Gibson, of Grand Rapids, Michigan, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on May 27, 1969, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 24W, Line 117 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24W · Line 117
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- August 25, 1950
- Home of record
- Grand Rapids, Michigan (Kent County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 27, 1969
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
41 names on the Wall carry the date May 27, 1969; eight of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 76 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 24W, Line 117
- JAMES PATRICK FRANCISStaff Sergeant · May 27, 1969
- MICHAEL EUGENE GERBERSpecialist Four · May 27, 1969
- GAREY LEE GRUBBSCorporal · May 27, 1969
- RAYMOND RAMIREZ GUTIERREZCorporal · May 27, 1969
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT HENRY CARTER JRLieutenant Colonel · Panel 24W, Line 115
- GARY CARL FASSELCorporal · Panel 24W, Line 116
- JAMES PATRICK FRANCISStaff Sergeant · Panel 24W, Line 117
- GAREY LEE GRUBBSCorporal · Panel 24W, Line 117
- MATTHEW T LOZANO JRPrivate First Class · Panel 23W, Line 2
- KENNITH MARION SEWARDSpecialist Five · Panel 23W, Line 3
- HAROLD JAMES WARMSLEYSpecialist Four · Panel 23W, Line 4
From Grand Rapids
- MILLARD RUSSELL VALERIUSCaptain · May 28, 1965
- ROBERT JEROME MORONEYCaptain · December 14, 1965
- HERMAN LEROY HUEYSergeant · February 7, 1966
- DONALD BRUCE ADAMSONSecond Lieutenant · February 23, 1966
- JERRY EMMET PARKSPrivate First Class · March 5, 1966
- DAVID ORIN BAILEYPrivate First Class · April 8, 1966
- GARY SCOTT FERGUSONPrivate First Class · August 3, 1966
- DAVID LAWRENCE FAUGHTPrivate First Class · August 10, 1966
- EVERETTE ARTHUR THOMPSONPrivate First Class · August 10, 1966
- MATTHEW GEORGE MIEDEMAPrivate First Class · August 25, 1966
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.