- SURNAME
Gibson
- FORENAME
Rowland Edward
- UNIT
5 SF Group (MACV-SOG-CCC) (RT Indiana)
- RANK
Sergeant
- NUMBER
16736294
- DATE OF DEATH
22nd January 1967
- AGE
22
- GRAVESITE
Riverview Cemetery,Clarksville,Montgomery County,Tennessee Section 06 Row 17
- ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
from Indianapolis,Indiana
born 21.7.1944 Lynchburg,Virginia
son of Elbert Roland and Mary Ruth (nee Olinger) Gibson,RR 1,Pennville,Indiana
husband of Patricia G. Gibson
4 years service
medic
award Silver Star
KIA Hau Nghia Province,South Vietnam
Vietnam Veterans Memorial,Washington,D.C. Panel 14E Line 67
DATE OF DEATH:
22-Jan-1967AWARD:
https://www.specialforcesroh.com/index.php?threads/gibson-rowland-edward.41566/CITATION:
Silver Star : The President of the United States of America, authorized by Act of Congress July 9, 1918 (amended by an act of July 25, 1963), takes pride in presenting the Silver Star (Posthumously) to Sergeant Rowland Edward Gibson (ASN: RA-16736294), United States Army, for gallantry in action while engaged in military operations involving conflict with an armed hostile force while serving with Detachment A-352, 5th Special Forces Group (Airborne), 1st Special Forces, in the Republic of Vietnam. Sergeant Gibson distinguished himself by exceptionally valorous actions on 22 January 1967 while serving as a Special Forces advisor to a Vietnamese unit during a search and destroy mission. At the moment insurgents were sighted to the front of his unit, Sergeant Gibson organized his men to sweep into their positions. As his men approached a tree line, several Viet Cong companies, concealed and well-fortified, opened up with intense fire. While his men were pinned down, Sergeant Gibson maneuvered to the left with the intention of flanking the entrenched enemy. Determined to prevent his men from being surrounded and overrun, he crawled 40 meters toward the bunkers with bullets and shrapnel striking the ground all around him. During this selfless action, he was fatally wounded. Sergeant Gibson's gallantry in action was in keeping with the highest traditions of military service and reflects great credit upon himself, his unit, and the United States Army.
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