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MICHAEL GERALD GIBBS
Petty Officer Third Class · U.S. Navy
June 23, 1945 – April 25, 1967
Service recordMichael Gerald Gibbs, of Del Rio, Tennessee, served as a Petty Officer Third Class in the U.S. Navy. He died on April 25, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 18E, Line 85 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18E · Line 85
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. Navy
- Rank
- Petty Officer Third Class (PO3)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Hospital Corpsman (HM)
- Unit (as recorded)
- K CO 3 BN 3 MAR 3 MARDIV
- Born
- June 23, 1945
- Home of record
- Del Rio, Tennessee (Cocke County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 25, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
32 names on the Wall carry the date April 25, 1967; 13 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In April 1967, 887 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 18E, Line 85
- PATRICK JOHN GAGNONLance Corporal · April 25, 1967
- WAYNE JACOB GAUTZPrivate First Class · April 25, 1967
- MELVIN LOUIS GREENLance Corporal · April 25, 1967
- JAMES WILLIAM HAMILTON JRPetty Officer Second Class · April 25, 1967
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.