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JOHN RICHARD SIBILLY
Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
April 8, 1946 – September 7, 1967
Service recordJohn Richard Sibilly, of Richmond Hill, New York, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on September 7, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 26E, Line 31 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 26E · Line 31
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Assaultman (0351)
- Born
- April 8, 1946
- Home of record
- Richmond Hill, New York (Queens County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 7, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
62 names on the Wall carry the date September 7, 1967; 42 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In September 1967, 929 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in Quảng Trị Province while the siege of Con Thien was under way. Through September and October 1967, North Vietnamese artillery across the Demilitarized Zone pounded the Marine outpost at Con Thien and the bases along the DMZ in Quảng Trị Province. The casualty record gives the province and date, not the exact place, so it does not say whether he fell in the battle itself.
Also on Panel 26E, Line 31
- LEROY JACKSON PHILLIPSLance Corporal · September 7, 1967
- ROBERT RICHARD ROGERSLance Corporal · September 7, 1967
- CHARLES EDWARD RYBERGSecond Lieutenant · September 7, 1967
- JAMES HENRY STUARTPrivate First Class · September 7, 1967
From Richmond Hill
- GEORGE THOMAS STRIDIRONSergeant First Class · April 30, 1966
- LOUIS EDWARD WILLETTPrivate First Class · February 15, 1967
- LAWRENCE STRACKPrivate · March 3, 1967
- BRUCE ROBERT HAYESLance Corporal · May 29, 1968
- EDWARD VINCENT COFFEYCorporal · August 21, 1968
- PATRICK JOHN MCCORMICKCorporal · August 25, 1968
- ROBERT EDWARD REHDERSpecialist Four · October 20, 1968
- FREDRICK STANLEY SHAVELSpecialist Four · April 16, 1969
- DOUGLAS RAY ANDERSONTechnical Sergeant · July 3, 1970
- MICHAEL SMITHSergeant · October 11, 1970
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.