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RAYMOND GIBEL
Gunnery Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
July 2, 1932 – July 27, 1969
Service recordRaymond Gibel, of Mckeesport, Pennsylvania, served as a Gunnery Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on July 27, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 37. His name is inscribed on Panel 20W, Line 56 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20W · Line 56
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Gunnery Sergeant (GYSGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- July 2, 1932
- Home of record
- Mckeesport, Pennsylvania (Allegheny County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 27, 1969
- Age
- 37
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
37 names on the Wall carry the date July 27, 1969; 18 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In July 1969, 834 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 20W, Line 56
- WILBERT CLEMENS FLECKPrivate First Class · July 27, 1969
- JAMES DONALD GIBSONSpecialist Four · July 27, 1969
- DAVID MAX GLASCOPrivate First Class · July 27, 1969
- MICHAEL F GRAMLICKLance Corporal · July 27, 1969
From Mckeesport
- NORMAN WALLACE JOHNSONPrivate First Class · December 5, 1965
- MICHAEL JOSEPH NEMCHICKPrivate First Class · February 22, 1966
- MICHAEL DENNIS PLISKAPrivate First Class · February 28, 1966
- JAMES FRANCIS BROOKS JRPrivate First Class · May 21, 1966
- THOMAS JOHN WINKELVOSSStaff Sergeant · May 26, 1966
- TYRONE GREGORY BURSEPrivate First Class · August 5, 1966
- JAMES EDWARD WESTPrivate First Class · September 10, 1966
- DAVID LLOYD GEORGE MOSERStaff Sergeant · October 6, 1966
- GREGORY FRANCIS POPOWITZLance Corporal · January 24, 1968
- CURTIS TAYLOR GAYSpecialist Four · January 30, 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.