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FRANK ANTHONY RYBICKI JR
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
February 10, 1944 – May 9, 1967
Service recordFrank Anthony Rybicki JR, of Panama City, Panama Canal Zone, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 9, 1967, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 19E, Line 74 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19E · Line 74
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
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- February 10, 1944
- Home of record
- Panama City, Panama Canal Zone
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 9, 1967
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
39 names on the Wall carry the date May 9, 1967; he was the only one lost in Bien Hoa Province that day. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 64 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 19E, Line 74
- JAMES MICHAEL QUIGLEYCorporal · May 9, 1967
- FRANKLIN STEVEN RUTBERGPrivate First Class · May 9, 1967
- BOBBY ALLEN SEMORESpecialist Four · May 9, 1967
- HENRY EDWARD SMITHCorporal · May 9, 1967
From Panama City
- THOMAS EVANS REIMILLERSpecialist Four · August 2, 1971
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.