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CHARLEY CHESTER KIBEL
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
September 19, 1946 – April 4, 1967
Service recordCharley Chester Kibel, of Penrose, Colorado, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on April 4, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 17E, Line 99 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17E · Line 99
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- September 19, 1946
- Home of record
- Penrose, Colorado (Fremont County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 4, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date April 4, 1967; two of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In April 1967, 887 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 17E, Line 99
- SIDNEY GEORGE KREISHERPrivate First Class · April 4, 1967
- RONALD FRANCIS LAKECorporal · April 4, 1967
- JAMES KAHILILAUIN LINDSEYStaff Sergeant · April 4, 1967
- DAVID EARL MARTINEnsign · April 4, 1967
From Penrose
- CLAUD WILLIAM CAPRAROCorporal · December 3, 1968
- WILLIAM STEVE SHADESpecialist Four · October 13, 1969
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.