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TERRELL GIBSON
Sergeant First Class · U.S. Army
April 5, 1925 – June 7, 1969
Service recordTerrell Gibson, of Garysburg, North Carolina, served as a Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on June 7, 1969, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 44. His name is inscribed on Panel 23W, Line 100 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23W · 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. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant First Class (SFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Food Service Helper (94A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- April 5, 1925
- Home of record
- Garysburg, North Carolina (Northampton County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 7, 1969
- Age
- 44
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
70 names on the Wall carry the date June 7, 1969; two of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 108 of its members that month.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 23W, Line 100
- KENNETH LAVERNE FORDTechnical Sergeant · June 7, 1969
- DALE EUGENE GRIFFITHCorporal · June 7, 1969
- DAVID ANTHONY GRILLYCorporal · June 7, 1969
- CURTIS LYNN HENDRICKSONSeaman · June 7, 1969
Same unit, same day
- FREDERICK DOUGLAS BARGEPrivate First Class · Panel 23W, Line 95
From Garysburg
- RUDOLPH GORHAMPrivate First Class · August 29, 1967
- MARSHALL PERNELL IVEYMaster Sergeant · November 28, 1969
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.