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SAMUEL DAVID GIBBS
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
October 18, 1947 – September 4, 1967
Service recordSamuel David Gibbs, of Wichita Falls, Texas, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on September 4, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 25E, Line 100 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 25E · Line 100
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
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Field Radio Operator (2531)
- Born
- October 18, 1947
- Home of record
- Wichita Falls, Texas (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 4, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
91 names on the Wall carry the date September 4, 1967; 41 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In September 1967, 929 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 25E, Line 100
- KENNETH SAMUEL GIBBSPrivate First Class · September 4, 1967
- ANDREW MIX GIORDANOLance Corporal · September 4, 1967
- EDWARD LOUIS GOUCHERCaptain · September 4, 1967
- ED NATHAN LOUIS GRANTStaff Sergeant · September 4, 1967
From Wichita Falls
- RONALD ALAN MILLERSecond Lieutenant · November 17, 1965
- CHESTER LEWIS GABLEMajor · February 10, 1966
- BILLY WAYNE MORTONPrivate First Class · March 14, 1966
- THURMAN WAYNE OWENStaff Sergeant · April 2, 1966
- GEORGE GRADY COOPERMajor · January 21, 1967
- JOHNNY EDWARD BRUMLEYSergeant · February 26, 1967
- JOHN WAYNE MOWERFirst Lieutenant · March 25, 1967
- CHARLES SHIVER JRLance Corporal · April 30, 1967
- TEDDY REX DUNNSergeant · May 31, 1967
- JAMES GARY HINCHSpecialist Four · June 19, 1967
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.