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WILLIAM ARTHUR GIBSON
Private First Class · U.S. Army
August 6, 1947 – February 25, 1968
Service recordWilliam Arthur Gibson, of Tylertown, Mississippi, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on February 25, 1968, in Ninh Thuan Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 41E, Line 20 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 41E · Line 20
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Light Vehicle Driver (64A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 LOGISTIC CMD
- Born
- August 6, 1947
- Home of record
- Tylertown, Mississippi (Walthall County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 25, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Ninh Thuan
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
96 names on the Wall carry the date February 25, 1968; he was the only one lost in Ninh Thuan Province that day. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 LOGISTIC CMD”, his unit in the record, lost 30 of its members that month.
He died in Ninh Thuan Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 41E, Line 20
- THOMAS JOSEPH COONEYSecond Lieutenant · February 25, 1968
- GERALD TYLER DOUGLASS JRSpecialist Four · February 25, 1968
- RICHARD J FAULKNERSpecialist Four · February 25, 1968
- CHARLES GREGORY GELLERLance Corporal · February 25, 1968
Same unit, same day
- FORREST F S SPITLERStaff Sergeant · Panel 41E, Line 30
From Tylertown
- NELTON RAYMOND BRYANTSergeant · October 3, 1965
- FORREST GOODWINFirst Lieutenant · March 2, 1967
- JOHN HARRIS HOLMESPrivate First Class · December 20, 1967
- JAMES MICHAEL HOLMESPrivate First Class · October 22, 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.