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MICHAEL E GIBIS
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
January 11, 1948 – December 8, 1968
Service recordMichael E Gibis, of Gambrills, Maryland, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on December 8, 1968, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 37W, Line 64 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 37W · Line 64
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
- Medical Equipment Repairer (91A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- January 11, 1948
- Home of record
- Gambrills, Maryland (Anne Arundel County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 8, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
59 names on the Wall carry the date December 8, 1968; six of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In December 1968, 855 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 36 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 37W, Line 64
- FRED GERTZENPrivate First Class · December 8, 1968
- RICKY DUANE GIPSONLance Corporal · December 8, 1968
- NICHOLAS VALERIA GONZALESPrivate First Class · December 8, 1968
- DANIEL LEE GREGGCorporal · December 8, 1968
Same unit, same day
- MARTEE BRADLEY JRSpecialist Four · Panel 37W, Line 61
- JOHN KNOWLES KOSTERSpecialist Four · Panel 37W, Line 66
- PHILIP ALLEN TERRYSergeant · Panel 37W, Line 70
- ARTHUR WINDELL WOODPrivate First Class · Panel 37W, Line 72
From Gambrills
- WILLIAM LEONARD SNODGRASSPrivate First Class · July 4, 1968
- RAINER LOUIS COLEPrivate First Class · April 3, 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.