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MICHAEL THURSTON GIBSON
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
October 15, 1948 – November 28, 1969
Service recordMichael Thurston Gibson, of Bondtown, Virginia, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on November 28, 1969, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 16W, Line 130 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16W · Line 130
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- October 15, 1948
- Home of record
- Bondtown, Virginia (Wise County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 28, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date November 28, 1969; three of them were lost in Long An Province. In November 1969, 660 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 15 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 16W, Line 130
- CARL EARLY DEAN JRCorporal · November 28, 1969
- ROBERT WILLIAM DONAHUE JRSecond Lieutenant · November 28, 1969
- MICHAEL LYNN FERGUSONPetty Officer First Class · November 28, 1969
- ROY EDWARD FICKLINGSpecialist Four · November 28, 1969
Same unit, same day
- DANIEL THOMAS HUNTSergeant · Panel 15W, Line 1
- DELVIN CARL MARTINSONCorporal · Panel 15W, Line 2
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.