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DI REYES IBANEZ
Gunnery Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
June 19, 1941 – June 5, 1967
Service recordDi Reyes Ibanez, of San Diego, California, served as a Gunnery Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He was lost on June 5, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, and was later declared dead. His name is inscribed on Panel 21E, Line 58 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21E · Line 58
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
- Gunnery Sergeant (GYSGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Leader (0369)
- Unit (as recorded)
- A CO 3 RECON BN 3 MARDIV
- Born
- June 19, 1941
- Home of record
- San Diego, California (San Diego County)
Casualty
- Date of loss
- June 5, 1967
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Declared Dead
- Circumstance
- Unknown
- First reported
- Missing in action
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
14 names on the Wall carry the date June 5, 1967; two of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In June 1967, 948 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “A CO 3 RECON BN 3 MARDIV”, his unit in the record, lost 4 of its members that month.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 21E, Line 58
- DONALD LEE PATTERSONPrivate First Class · June 4, 1967
- FRANCIS LEO COLLINSPrivate First Class · June 5, 1967
- LARRY DEAN GOODPrivate First Class · June 5, 1967
- MICHAEL DEAN HALFORDSecond Lieutenant · June 5, 1967
- CHARLES WILLIAM KANEStaff Sergeant · June 5, 1967
From San Diego
- STANLEY E TRUESDALEStaff Sergeant · April 12, 1963
- CLARENCE CLEMENT TESSMANCaptain · August 10, 1963
- WILLIAM CLIFTON HOOVERPetty Officer Second Class · June 10, 1965
- VIRGIL WAYNE BARTONLance Corporal · August 21, 1965
- CHARLES JOSEPH SCHARFColonel · October 1, 1965
- KENNETH JOE HAMMONDSpecialist Four · November 22, 1965
- RICHARD EUGENE GEORGEPrivate First Class · November 23, 1965
- GERALD CLYDE LYMANPrivate First Class · February 2, 1966
- JOHN JOSEPH SOLLEYLance Corporal · February 8, 1966
- DONALD D DAUGHERTYStaff Sergeant · April 13, 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.