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RAYMOND ALBERT GIBSON
Private First Class · U.S. Army
July 10, 1949 – October 16, 1969
Service recordRaymond Albert Gibson, of Pinconning, Michigan, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on October 16, 1969, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 17W, Line 84 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17W · Line 84
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 82 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- July 10, 1949
- Home of record
- Pinconning, Michigan (Bay County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 16, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
15 names on the Wall carry the date October 16, 1969; two of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In October 1969, 600 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 82nd Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 6 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 17W, Line 84
- DAVID ROBERT GOODINEPrivate First Class · October 16, 1969
- EDWARD LEON GOODMANPrivate First Class · October 16, 1969
- ROBERT FRANK HEILIG JRCorporal · October 16, 1969
- JOSEPH HOLMESCorporal · October 16, 1969
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT NICHOLAS DEMGENStaff Sergeant · Panel 17W, Line 85
From Pinconning
- BILLY SYLVESTER DAVISStaff Sergeant · January 20, 1967
- THOMAS ROBERT OUILLETTEPrivate First Class · May 5, 1968
- ROBERT WILLIAM JASURAPrivate First Class · November 13, 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.