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LAWRENCE EDWARD GIBSON
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
April 12, 1936 – February 14, 1968
Service recordLawrence Edward Gibson, of Portage, Indiana, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on February 14, 1968, in Kien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 31. His name is inscribed on Panel 39E, Line 32 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 39E · Line 32
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- April 12, 1936
- Home of record
- Portage, Indiana (Porter County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 14, 1968
- Age
- 31
- Province
- Kien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Burns/Smoke Inhalation
Context · from the records
What was happening
71 names on the Wall carry the date February 14, 1968; two of them were lost in Kien Hoa Province. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 164 of its members that month.
He died in Kien Hoa Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 39E, Line 32
- DENNIS K FLEMINGCorporal · February 14, 1968
- EDWARD LEE FRAZIERPrivate First Class · February 14, 1968
- JOHN GODFREY JRFirst Lieutenant · February 14, 1968
- LARRY JO GOSSPetty Officer Second Class · February 14, 1968
Same unit, same day
- BEN ELMORE CAUSEY JRCorporal · Panel 39E, Line 30
- GEORGE HARLAND DIZECorporal · Panel 39E, Line 31
- JERRY ALAN HURDSpecialist Four · Panel 39E, Line 33
- JERRY WAYNE JENKINSPrivate First Class · Panel 39E, Line 34
- WILLIAM CLARENCE JENKINSPrivate First Class · Panel 39E, Line 34
- DOHN WILLIAM JOHNSONSpecialist Four · Panel 39E, Line 34
- ALLEN THOMAS SMITHCorporal · Panel 39E, Line 35
- THOMAS YORK OSBORNEFirst Lieutenant · Panel 39E, Line 36
- LEMMIE DEE LUNSFORDSpecialist Four · Panel 39E, Line 40
- CHARLES ALLEN STOVALLCorporal · Panel 39E, Line 40
- WILLIAM DEWAYNE THOMASCorporal · Panel 39E, Line 40
- JOHN FRANKLIN TYRRELLPrivate First Class · Panel 39E, Line 41
- ERNEST MURRAL WEATHERSBEEPrivate First Class · Panel 39E, Line 41
From Portage
- ROBERT JOSEPH HALLSpecialist Five · February 27, 1967
- SHELDON EUGENE BLOYERStaff Sergeant · February 18, 1968
- DONALD CHARLES WILSONSpecialist Four · July 7, 1968
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.