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DONALD RAY RYBOLT
Airman Second Class · U.S. Air Force
June 16, 1947 – May 28, 1967
Service recordDonald Ray Rybolt, of Cambridge City, Indiana, served as an Airman Second Class in the U.S. Air Force. He died on May 28, 1967, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 21E, Line 6 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21E · Line 6
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Airman Second Class (A2C)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- June 16, 1947
- Home of record
- Cambridge City, Indiana (Wayne County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 28, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date May 28, 1967; he was the only one lost in Gia Dinh Province that day. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 21E, Line 6
- JAY DARWIN MCLAINLance Corporal · May 28, 1967
- STANLEY TRACY MELVINPrivate First Class · May 28, 1967
- ROBERT EDWARD MONAHONLance Corporal · May 28, 1967
- JOHN ARTHUR PETERSONPrivate First Class · May 28, 1967
From Cambridge City
- RONALD LLOYD FRAZERSecond Lieutenant · May 24, 1968
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.