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OTHA DOUGLAS GIBSON
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
December 26, 1946 – June 25, 1968
Service recordOtha Douglas Gibson, of Blanchard, Oklahoma, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on June 25, 1968, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 55W, Line 34 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 55W · Line 34
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
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- December 26, 1946
- Home of record
- Blanchard, Oklahoma (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 25, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
39 names on the Wall carry the date June 25, 1968; two of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 49 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 55W, Line 34
- JESUS GUTIERREZ ESCOBARLance Corporal · June 25, 1968
- JOHN MICHAEL GOLDENSpecialist Four · June 25, 1968
- JIMMY RIED HARRIESFireman · June 25, 1968
- DAVID R HOFFMANWarrant Officer 1 · June 25, 1968
Same unit, same day
- ANDREW BATTIESTCorporal · Panel 55W, Line 32
From Blanchard
- JAMES ANTHONY ASHFORDLance Corporal · May 17, 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.