Major General Frederick William Gibb (July 24, 1908 – September 6, 1968) was a United States Army officer who served with distinction during World War II.

Gibb completed the school in summer 1938 and was ordered to San Juan, Puerto Rico, for service with 65th Infantry Regiment, where he was promoted to the rank of captain.

His regiment was one of three which formed part of the 1st Infantry Division under Major General "Terrible Terry" Allen and sailed to England in August 1942 in order to prepare for Operation Torch, an Anglo–American invasion of French North Africa.

Gibb returned to the United States in October 1945 and attended the Army Command and General Staff College at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas.

He completed the course in February 1946 and was ordered to Fort Benning, Georgia for duty as chairman of Attack committee of the Tactical Department, Army Infantry School.

He was promoted to the rank of major general on August 1, 1959, and transferred to the command of the 2nd Infantry Division at Fort Lewis near Tacoma, Washington, in March 1960.

[3]Major General Frederick W. Gibb died at the age of 60 on September 6, 1968, in the army hospital at Andrews Air Force Base.