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KENNETH SAMUEL GIBBS
Private First Class · U.S. Army
January 31, 1948 – September 4, 1967
Service recordKenneth Samuel Gibbs, of Atlanta, Georgia, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on September 4, 1967, in Long Khanh Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 25E, Line 100 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 25E · Line 100
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Basic (13A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 ARMORED CAV
- Born
- January 31, 1948
- Home of record
- Atlanta, Georgia (Fulton County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 4, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Long Khanh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
91 names on the Wall carry the date September 4, 1967; two of them were lost in Long Khanh Province. In September 1967, 929 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “11 ARMORED CAV”, his unit in the record, lost 15 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 25E, Line 100
- SAMUEL DAVID GIBBSLance Corporal · September 4, 1967
- ANDREW MIX GIORDANOLance Corporal · September 4, 1967
- EDWARD LOUIS GOUCHERCaptain · September 4, 1967
- ED NATHAN LOUIS GRANTStaff Sergeant · September 4, 1967
Same unit, same day
- JAMES EUGENE OWENSSpecialist Four · Panel 25E, Line 107
From Atlanta
- DAVID NIPPERLance Corporal · November 21, 1964
- JAMES ANTHONY COYAirman First Class · June 11, 1965
- JAMES THARPE BROWN JRPrivate First Class · June 25, 1965
- WESLIE DAVID MEWBORNPetty Officer First Class · September 8, 1964
- DOUGLAS HORACE LEACHSpecialist Four · November 15, 1965
- RONNIE THOMAS MATHISSergeant · November 17, 1965
- GEORGE S MCHELLONSpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
- JAMES CARL WISE JRMajor · December 23, 1965
- CLIFFORD THOMAS JOHNSONPrivate · January 29, 1966
- HARVEY LEWIS BOWEN JRPrivate First Class · February 24, 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.