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WALTER LEWIS GIBSON
Private First Class · U.S. Army
January 29, 1947 – April 13, 1967
Service recordWalter Lewis Gibson, of Oakland, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on April 13, 1967, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 18E, Line 22 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18E · Line 22
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Heavy Anti-Armor Weapons Infantryman (11H)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- January 29, 1947
- Home of record
- Oakland, California (Alameda County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 13, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date April 13, 1967; three of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In April 1967, 887 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 98 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 18E, Line 22
- NEIL ROBERT ELLSWORTHPrivate First Class · April 13, 1967
- WILLIAM DONALD GARNERPrivate First Class · April 13, 1967
- CHARLES HENRY HORNColonel · April 13, 1967
- WILLIAM FRANCIS HORVATHPrivate First Class · April 13, 1967
Same unit, same day
- DALE ALAN BISHOPPrivate First Class · Panel 18E, Line 21
- RICHARD EUGENE BOYLESpecialist Four · Panel 18E, Line 21
- PAUL J LIFRIERIPrivate First Class · Panel 18E, Line 23
From Oakland
- CHARLES DARYL KEARNEYLance Corporal · July 8, 1965
- LAURIANO LAWRENCE LOVATOPrivate First Class · October 9, 1965
- WALTER JOHN GELIENChief Petty Officer · October 28, 1965
- FRED LAWER MCPHERSONMajor · January 28, 1966
- WALLACE RAY JACOBSENStaff Sergeant · January 30, 1966
- JOE NEAL JAMESSpecialist Four · February 23, 1966
- DON WILLIAM CHABOTMajor · March 15, 1966
- WALTER GLENN SHULTSLance Corporal · March 21, 1966
- DAVID LEE DODSONPrivate First Class · June 7, 1966
- CHRIS C VURLUMISCaptain · June 8, 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.