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CARLOS DYRAL VIBBERT
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
April 26, 1946 – September 7, 1968
Service recordCarlos Dyral Vibbert, of Louisville, Kentucky, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on September 7, 1968, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 45W, Line 64 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 45W · Line 64
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- April 26, 1946
- Home of record
- Louisville, Kentucky (Jefferson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 7, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date September 7, 1968; five of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 90 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 45W, Line 64
- MICHAEL ANTHONY FAULKNERSergeant · September 7, 1968
- CHARLES GLENN RUSSELLCorporal · September 7, 1968
- GEORGE DENNIS TAYLORCaptain · September 7, 1968
- STEVEN ANDREW WINTERSCorporal · September 7, 1968
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM THOMAS CLONEY IIISergeant · Panel 45W, Line 60
- LLOYD DOUGLAS DOERINGSpecialist Four · Panel 45W, Line 60
- GEORGE ROBERT DORCHAKSpecialist Four · Panel 45W, Line 61
- CARL NICHOLAS M HORNERCorporal · Panel 45W, Line 62
- JAMES JOSEPH NEIDLINGERCorporal · Panel 45W, Line 63
- CHARLES GLENN RUSSELLCorporal · Panel 45W, Line 64
From Louisville
- FERGUS COLEMAN GROVES IICaptain · February 2, 1962
- ROBERT SHERMAN MOSIERSpecialist Five · February 10, 1965
- DON IRA WILLIAMSONColonel · October 24, 1964
- DONALD GORDON RADCLIFFMajor · August 18, 1965
- LEE ROY JAMESGunnery Sergeant · September 5, 1965
- JERRY DWAYNE UNDERWOODPrivate First Class · September 18, 1965
- GARY LOUIS DOWELLCorporal · October 27, 1965
- THOMAS EDWARD THAYER JRSergeant Major · November 8, 1965
- BOBBY LEE FAVORSSergeant · February 4, 1966
- KENNETH RUSHPrivate First Class · February 7, 1966
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.