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R W GIPSON
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
August 14, 1946 – December 27, 1968
Service recordR W Gipson, of Naples, Texas, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on December 27, 1968, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 36W, Line 83 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 36W · Line 83
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)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- August 14, 1946
- Home of record
- Naples, Texas (Morris County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 27, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date December 27, 1968; he was the only one lost in Tây Ninh Province that day. In December 1968, 855 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 75 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 36W, Line 83
- GERALD WOODSCorporal · December 27, 1968
- JOSEPH ANTOGNINI IIISergeant · December 28, 1968
- RONALD WAYNE BRUTSCHERCorporal · December 28, 1968
- GERALD DAVID MARKLANDWarrant Officer 1 · December 28, 1968
Same unit, same day
- CHARLES ROBERT COOKCorporal · Panel 36W, Line 80
- THOMAS LAMAR LEWISPrivate First Class · Panel 36W, Line 81
- JEAN WAYNE PUCKETTPrivate First Class · Panel 36W, Line 82
- GERALD WOODSCorporal · Panel 36W, Line 83
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.