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KITCHELL SNOW GIBBS
Private First Class · U.S. Army
February 11, 1948 – May 18, 1969
Service recordKitchell Snow Gibbs, of Charlotte, Michigan, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 18, 1969, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 24W, Line 41 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24W · Line 41
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
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- AMERICAL DIV
- Born
- February 11, 1948
- Home of record
- Charlotte, Michigan (Eaton County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 18, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
81 names on the Wall carry the date May 18, 1969; two of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The Americal Division, his unit in the record, lost 34 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 24W, Line 41
- PAUL HUNTINGTON GANUNCorporal · May 18, 1969
- JOSE GARZA JRSergeant First Class · May 18, 1969
- DANIEL J GIORDANO IIIPrivate First Class · May 18, 1969
- PHILIP LEE GRIESERPetty Officer Second Class · May 18, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JOSE GARZA JRSergeant First Class · Panel 24W, Line 41
- LEO JOHN HUBER IIICaptain · Panel 24W, Line 43
- DAVID EDWARD MOVCHANSpecialist Four · Panel 24W, Line 46
From Charlotte
- DAVID W BARNABYStaff Sergeant · May 3, 1967
- ROBERT LOOMIS ELLISONCorporal · July 29, 1967
- JOHN REDMOND COTTERCorporal · October 10, 1967
- JERALD WAYNE KEMPPrivate First Class · November 16, 1967
- DAVID ALLEN STREMLERSpecialist Four · May 1, 1968
- CURTISS EDWARD BRAATZPrivate First Class · November 21, 1968
- GLENN LEROY FETTERMANChief Warrant Officer 2 · March 30, 1969
- RICHARD DAVID MILLERSpecialist Four · May 3, 1969
- DANIEL GRANT RULISONCorporal · October 15, 1969
- DAVID WILLIAM BARRUSStaff Sergeant · March 30, 1970
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.