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ROBERT WAYNE GIBBINS
Corporal · U.S. Army
November 15, 1947 – July 9, 1968
Service recordRobert Wayne Gibbins, of Merced, California, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on July 9, 1968, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 52W, Line 5 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 52W · Line 5
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Combat Engineer (12B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- A CO 19 ENG BN USARV
- Born
- November 15, 1947
- Home of record
- Merced, California (Merced County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 9, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
32 names on the Wall carry the date July 9, 1968; two of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “A CO 19 ENG BN USARV”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 52W, Line 5
- JOHN PEDRO DELGADOLance Corporal · July 9, 1968
- CHARLES BURTON FOX JRCorporal · July 9, 1968
- LE ROY GEEPrivate · July 9, 1968
- GEORGE ALBERT GRAYChief Warrant Officer 2 · July 9, 1968
- STEPHEN LOUIS WRIGHTSpecialist Four · July 9, 1968
Same unit, same day
- HARRY ADELBERT BARBERSergeant · Panel 52W, Line 8
From Merced
- JUAN BORJA VALTIERRALance Corporal · January 5, 1966
- ROBERT THOMAS VERGANOPrivate First Class · June 27, 1966
- JAMMIE VAN FRANKLINStaff Sergeant · July 26, 1967
- WILLIAM E LAWSONMaster Sergeant · September 9, 1967
- JOHN WILLIAM MCMASTERPrivate First Class · October 8, 1967
- JIMMIE WAYNE JONESCorporal · October 22, 1967
- JAMES JOSEPH WRIGHTLieutenant Commander · November 2, 1967
- WILLIAM HENRY REEDY JRPetty Officer Third Class · January 16, 1968
- JOHN HOWARD SUYDAM IIISpecialist Four · February 12, 1968
- RICHARD GRANADOSSpecialist Four · March 5, 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.