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WILLIAM TERRY GIBSON
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
September 17, 1949 – June 18, 1968
Service recordWilliam Terry Gibson, of Easton, Pennsylvania, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on June 18, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 56W, Line 21 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 56W · Line 21
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- September 17, 1949
- Home of record
- Easton, Pennsylvania (Northampton County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 18, 1968
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
73 names on the Wall carry the date June 18, 1968; 30 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 56W, Line 21
- RICHARD ROBERT ANTONOVICHSergeant · June 18, 1968
- JAMES THURMAN GIBSONPrivate First Class · June 18, 1968
- CALVIN GOLDEN JRLance Corporal · June 18, 1968
- BASILIO GOMEZPrivate First Class · June 18, 1968
From Easton
- ROBERT ALLEN BUTZFirst Lieutenant · June 26, 1965
- CHESTER EUGENE WORMAN JRLance Corporal · December 19, 1965
- DENNIS RICHARD ANDREWLance Corporal · March 21, 1966
- ROBERT CRITCHLEY KELLERFirst Lieutenant · October 16, 1966
- WALTER WALTON HARINGStaff Sergeant · February 16, 1967
- ALAN WAYNE BONNEYPrivate First Class · May 25, 1967
- MICHAEL STEPHEN GOZDANSecond Lieutenant · October 6, 1967
- RICHARD LEE WHITTEKERCaptain · March 27, 1968
- ALBERT SHILLERCorporal · April 2, 1968
- TERRY JAMES RAMPULLALance Corporal · April 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.