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Sutton in Worcester County, Massachusetts — The American Northeast (New England)
 

Ronald B. Gibson

 
 
Ronald B. Gibson Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Duane and Tracy Marsteller, September 30, 2024
1. Ronald B. Gibson Marker
Inscription.
Lt US Navy
USNA Class of 1957
Jul 31 1935 Jan 26 1961

Aboard C-118a Liftmaster
lost at sea Atlantic Ocean

Beech trees
in memory of
Lt. Ronald B Gibson USN
July 31 1935 January 26 1961

 
Topics. This memorial is listed in this topic list: Military.
 
Location. 42° 8.986′ N, 71° 45.733′ W. Memorial is in Sutton, Massachusetts, in Worcester County. It is on Uxbridge Road north of Church Circuit, on the right when traveling north. Memorial is in Sutton town common. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 4 Uxbridge Rd, Sutton MA 01590, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in Massachusetts’ Quiet Corner, in Greater Worcester, and in the Blackstone Valley. It is also in the American Northeast and in New England. Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region, North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once one of the original Thirteen Colonies.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 6 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: First Settlement Common (a few steps from this marker); Sutton, MA All Veterans Memorial (within shouting distance of this marker); The Boston Post Road (within shouting distance of this marker); Eight Lots District (approx. 1.6 miles away); First Sutton, MA Town Meeting (approx. 1.8 miles away); Corporal John M. Dawson (approx. 4.4 miles away); Thomas Hooker Trail (approx. 5 miles away); Indian Reservation (approx. 5.2 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Sutton.
 
Also see . . .  Ronald B. Gibson, LTJG, USN. Virtual
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memorial to Gibson, who dreamed of becoming an engineer for General Electric. (U.S. Naval Academy Virtual Memorial Hall) (Submitted on November 6, 2024, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee.) 
 
Ronald B. Gibson Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Duane and Tracy Marsteller, September 30, 2024
2. Ronald B. Gibson Marker
Lt. Ronald Batcheller Gibson image. Click for full size.
from Lucky Bag yearbook (1957), U.S. Naval Academy; via Internet Archive (Public Domain), circa 1957
3. Lt. Ronald Batcheller Gibson
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on November 6, 2024. It was originally submitted on November 6, 2024, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee. This page has been viewed 126 times since then and 15 times this year. Photos:   1, 2, 3. submitted on November 6, 2024, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee.
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