- SURNAME
Gipson
- FORENAME
Charles Donnette (Charlie)
- UNIT
5 SF Group (Task Force 1 Advisory Element)
- RANK
Staff Sergeant
- NUMBER
419547103
- DATE OF DEATH
26th May 1972
- AGE
29
- GRAVESITE
Zion Hill Baptist Church Cemetery,Brewton,Escambia County,Alabama
- ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
from Brewton,Alabama
born 8.5.1943 Escambia County,Alabama
son of Carlis Gipson
son of Ruby (nee Davis) Wood,217 Thompson Street,Brewton,Alabama
single
5 SF Group (MACV-SOG-CCN)
10 SF group (Company D)
5 SF Group (TF 1 AE)
award Silver Star (posthumous)
WIA 25.5.1972 approx. 500metres from Kontum airfield,Kontum Province,South Vietnam (sniper)
DOW
Vietnam Veterans Memorial,Washington,D.C. Panel 01W Line 33
DATE OF DEATH:
26-May-1972AWARD:
https://www.specialforcesroh.com/index.php?threads/gipson-charles-donnette.41571/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 Staff Sergeant Charles Donnette Gipson, United States Army, for gallantry in action while engaged in military operations in the Republic of Vietnam, on 25 May 1972. His actions, without regard for his own safety, reflect great credit on himself and the Armed Forces of the United States.
WEB LINKS:
https://valor.militarytimes.com/hero/104873
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