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WILLIAM ARNOLD GIBBS
Sergeant · U.S. Army
February 27, 1949 – September 11, 1968
Service recordWilliam Arnold Gibbs, of Lakeville, Minnesota, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on September 11, 1968, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 44W, Line 25 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 44W · 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. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- February 27, 1949
- Home of record
- Lakeville, Minnesota (Dakota County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 11, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
63 names on the Wall carry the date September 11, 1968; he was the only one lost in Hua Nghia Province that day. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 90 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 44W, Line 25
- LEONARD OLSEN GRAVESPrivate First Class · September 11, 1968
- GARY JOSEPH HALVERSONSpecialist Four · September 11, 1968
- W COLE HERNDONSecond Lieutenant · September 11, 1968
- JAMES KENNETH HOYEZPrivate First Class · September 11, 1968
From Lakeville
- JOHN ALOIS GERDESMEIERPrivate First Class · August 16, 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.