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GERRITH LOWELL KIBBE
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
January 22, 1943 – June 24, 1967
Service recordGerrith Lowell Kibbe, of Roulette, Pennsylvania, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on June 24, 1967, in South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 22E, Line 58 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 22E · Line 58
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Metal Working Foreman (44Z)
- Born
- January 22, 1943
- Home of record
- Roulette, Pennsylvania (Potter County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 24, 1967
- Age
- 24
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date June 24, 1967. In June 1967, 948 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 22E, Line 58
- JEFFREY DURON MCGUIREPrivate First Class · June 24, 1967
- HAROLD CURTIS NYEPrivate First Class · June 24, 1967
- MICHAEL CHARLES ODELLPetty Officer Second Class · June 24, 1967
- THOMAS HERMAN OHNESORGEPetty Officer Third Class · June 24, 1967
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.