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DAVID RAMSEY TIBBETTS
Corporal · U.S. Army
September 22, 1949 – August 18, 1969
Service recordDavid Ramsey Tibbetts, of Solvang, California, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on August 18, 1969, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 19W, Line 64 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19W · 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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- September 22, 1949
- Home of record
- Solvang, California (Santa Barbara County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 18, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
35 names on the Wall carry the date August 18, 1969; he was the only one lost in Long An Province that day. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 18 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 19W, Line 64
- RICHARD WILLIAM NELSONPrivate First Class · August 18, 1969
- THOMAS LEE STRADTMANSpecialist Four · August 18, 1969
- PAUL WARD VANDERBOOM JRSpecialist Four · August 18, 1969
- GARY EUGENE YOUNGPrivate First Class · August 18, 1969
From Solvang
- RICHARD DEE HENREYCorporal · September 25, 1967
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.