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STEVIE RAY GIBSON
Private First Class · U.S. Army
April 23, 1948 – March 15, 1967
Service recordStevie Ray Gibson, of Roxana, Kentucky, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on March 15, 1967, in Binh Thuan Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 16E, Line 84 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16E · Line 84
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- April 23, 1948
- Home of record
- Roxana, Kentucky (Letcher County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 15, 1967
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Binh Thuan
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date March 15, 1967; he was the only one lost in Binh Thuan Province that day. In March 1967, 1,091 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 120 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 16E, Line 84
- SAMUEL FERGUSONPrivate First Class · March 15, 1967
- PETER JOSEPH FREDERICKColonel · March 15, 1967
- MICHAEL J HUNTERSpecialist Four · March 15, 1967
- ALLEN THEODORE MAKIN IISpecialist Four · March 15, 1967
Same unit, same day
- HUGH THOMAS SANDSTROMPrivate First Class · Panel 16E, Line 86
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.