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ROY ALLEN GIBSON
Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
April 28, 1941 – November 6, 1967
Service recordRoy Allen Gibson, of Albuquerque, New Mexico, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on November 6, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 29E, Line 30 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 29E · Line 30
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Machinegunner (0331)
- Born
- April 28, 1941
- Home of record
- Albuquerque, New Mexico (Bernalillo County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 6, 1967
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
55 names on the Wall carry the date November 6, 1967; 28 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In November 1967, 1,133 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 29E, Line 30
- IRA L GARNERSpecialist Four · November 6, 1967
- ROBERT WARREN HAGERMANColonel · November 6, 1967
- THOMAS G HAWKINSSpecialist Four · November 6, 1967
- JERRY L HILLSpecialist Four · November 6, 1967
From Albuquerque
- RICHARD ELMER HAMILTONSergeant · October 6, 1962
- RICHARD EUGENE HEISTERFirst Lieutenant · June 2, 1965
- DONALD CHARLES PATCHCaptain · October 2, 1965
- LON M FLETCHERPrivate · October 5, 1965
- PEDRO PADILLASergeant · March 28, 1966
- WILLIAM LEROY WALTONPrivate First Class · April 25, 1966
- GEORGE DAYTON ADAMSSergeant · April 26, 1966
- JACOB HENRY FOWNERPrivate First Class · May 2, 1966
- JUAN DIEGO SANCHEZPrivate First Class · July 22, 1966
- BENNY SENAPrivate First Class · July 25, 1966
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.