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WALTER CARL GIBSON
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
October 12, 1945 – July 29, 1967
Service recordWalter Carl Gibson, of Denver, Colorado, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on July 29, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 24E, Line 25 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24E · Line 25
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- October 12, 1945
- Home of record
- Denver, Colorado (Denver County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 29, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
184 names on the Wall carry the date July 29, 1967; 32 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In July 1967, 1,057 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 24E, Line 25
- RICHARD HOPKINS GIBSONPetty Officer Third Class · July 29, 1967
- LAWRENCE JOSEPH GILBERTAirman · July 29, 1967
- WILLIAM THOMAS GILROYPetty Officer Third Class · July 29, 1967
- LARRY EDWARD GRACEPetty Officer Third Class · July 29, 1967
From Denver
- BRIAN KAY SKINNERFirst Lieutenant · December 9, 1964
- MORRIS OLEN MUSICK JRLance Corporal · August 20, 1965
- DUANE WHITNEY MARTINCaptain · September 20, 1965
- JACK BRIAN LEAFPrivate First Class · August 24, 1965
- ERNEST CALVIN KELLYPrivate First Class · January 1, 1966
- FRANKIE LEYBA VARGASPrivate First Class · January 15, 1966
- RADFORD DOUGLAS HOGANSergeant · January 25, 1966
- FRANK SCOT CRISMONLieutenant · December 30, 1964
- ELOY DURANStaff Sergeant · February 14, 1966
- THOMAS WILLIAM STASKOCaptain · February 18, 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.