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ROWLAND EDWARD GIBSON
Sergeant · U.S. Army
July 21, 1944 – January 22, 1967
Service recordRowland Edward Gibson, of Indianapolis, Indiana, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on January 22, 1967, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 14E, Line 67 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14E · Line 67
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- SPECIAL FORCES
- Born
- July 21, 1944
- Home of record
- Indianapolis, Indiana (Marion County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 22, 1967
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
14 names on the Wall carry the date January 22, 1967; he was the only one lost in Hua Nghia Province that day. In January 1967, 638 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Special Forces, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 14E, Line 67
- MELVIN TYRONE HUNTERSpecialist Four · January 22, 1967
- RONALD LYNN PENDERGISTCorporal · January 22, 1967
- HAROLD W REYNOLDSStaff Sergeant · January 22, 1967
From Indianapolis
- JAMES EDWARD CAUGHEYSpecialist Four · August 14, 1964
- CLARENCE LEROY COLEMANSpecialist Five · February 10, 1965
- IVAN RAY SMITHPrivate First Class · May 13, 1965
- KENNETH LEROY REEDStaff Sergeant · June 12, 1965
- JOHN POWERS DAVISSpecialist Five · July 21, 1965
- CURLEY SHERELS JRCorporal · August 18, 1965
- ALVIN CARVER FORNEYCorporal · September 1, 1965
- WILLIAM LARRIE HUNTPrivate First Class · November 6, 1965
- THOMAS CURTIS METSKERCaptain · November 14, 1965
- VILIS LISMENTSCorporal · November 22, 1965
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.