Baylor P. Gibson Jr.

I served as an aviator in the USMC from 1962-1983. Our tours of duty in Vietnam overlapped somewhat and I flew from Chu Lai as he did. I was assigned to the ground Marines during the time he was the MAG-12 Group Commander and never had the occasion to meet him or even realize that a Gibson was the Group Commander. We may well be related, if somewhat distantly so, as my 19th century ancestors were from the area of Sneedville, TN, a few miles south of Lee County, VA. Having served as a...