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ERIC RIBITSCH
Private First Class · U.S. Army
February 20, 1943 – July 3, 1966
Service recordEric Ribitsch, of Ridgewood, New York, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on July 3, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 8E, Line 124 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8E · Line 124
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- February 20, 1943
- Home of record
- Ridgewood, New York (Niagara County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 3, 1966
- Age
- 23
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
30 names on the Wall carry the date July 3, 1966. In July 1966, 562 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 16 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 8E, Line 124
- DANIEL LEE FIELDSPrivate First Class · July 3, 1966
- ROBERT HUGH GAGEStaff Sergeant · July 3, 1966
- EUREY LEE HATCHETTPrivate First Class · July 3, 1966
- HAZE HOWARD IIISpecialist Four · July 3, 1966
- JOE EDWARD JOHNSONSergeant · July 3, 1966
Same unit, same day
- JULIUS COLLINS JRPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 123
- TERRY KENNETH WILKINSPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 126
- JAMES THEODORE NOSSPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 128
From Ridgewood
- JOSEPH JOHN SCHUSTERStaff Sergeant · October 28, 1965
- ROBERT FRANK PACKARDPrivate First Class · November 7, 1966
- WOLFGANG EDWARD KRESSEPrivate · May 15, 1967
- ROBERT MARIO DEDOMINICSpecialist Four · May 17, 1967
- RONALD ALFRED GALANTESpecialist Four · January 24, 1968
- JOHN EDWARD MALONEY JRSergeant · February 2, 1968
- ANDREW CARL ANDERSENSpecialist Four · May 9, 1968
- JOHN DAVID KROUSLISFirst Lieutenant · December 17, 1968
- ANTHONY VULTAGGIOCorporal · July 8, 1969
- TERRENCE CARMINE BRASILESergeant · August 7, 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.