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WALTER MURRAH GIBSON
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
August 7, 1946 – October 28, 1969
Service recordWalter Murrah Gibson, of College Park, Georgia, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on October 28, 1969, in Binh Thuy Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 17W, Line 127 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17W · Line 127
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
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- August 7, 1946
- Home of record
- College Park, Georgia (Clayton County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 28, 1969
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Binh Thuy
- 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 October 28, 1969; he was the only one lost in Binh Thuy Province that day. In October 1969, 600 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 42 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 17W, Line 127
- ERLE FLETCHER DAVISStaff Sergeant · October 28, 1969
- BILLY WAYNE DENLEYSpecialist Four · October 28, 1969
- ARTHUR FOXWORTHSergeant First Class · October 28, 1969
- CHARLES F GAMBLE JRSpecialist Four · October 28, 1969
From College Park
- JOHNNY F LONGWarrant Officer 1 · July 19, 1966
- MELVIN LIPSCOMBSpecialist Four · March 14, 1967
- JERRY GORDON WALLERLance Corporal · May 26, 1967
- ROCKE DARRELL RAMSEYLance Corporal · August 22, 1967
- ROBERT JERRY PADGETTCorporal · October 7, 1967
- JOHNNY RAY BRYSONSpecialist Four · January 7, 1968
- MARVIN LACY MAYOCorporal · March 26, 1968
- KENNETH DOUGLAS SMITHSpecialist Four · June 14, 1968
- PHILIP WARREN WEAVERCorporal · August 26, 1968
- JOSEPH ADRIAN BISHOPMajor · September 19, 1968
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.