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EDWARD BERNARD CRIBB
Captain · U.S. Army
February 2, 1939 – August 26, 1963
Service recordEdward Bernard Cribb, of Cactus, Arizona, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on August 26, 1963, in South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 1E, Line 27 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1E · Line 27
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Fixed Wing Aviation Unit Commander (1980)
- Unit (as recorded)
- SPECIAL FORCES
- Born
- February 2, 1939
- Home of record
- Cactus, Arizona (Maricopa County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 26, 1963
- Age
- 24
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
One name on the Wall carry the date August 26, 1963. In August 1963, 10 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Special Forces, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 1E, Line 27
- CLAUDE WILLIAM MCBRIDEStaff Sergeant · August 23, 1963
- ARCHIE SHERROD BOWENAirman Second Class · August 30, 1963
- TIMOTHY MICHAEL LANGFirst Lieutenant · August 30, 1963
- JAMES EDWARD WENZELCaptain · August 30, 1963
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.