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JOSEPH FRANCIS RIBEIRO
Private First Class · U.S. Army
August 9, 1946 – August 16, 1968
Service recordJoseph Francis Ribeiro, of Mineville, New York, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on August 16, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 48W, Line 30 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 48W · Line 30
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Combat Engineer (12B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 630 ENG CO 39 ENG BN USARV
- Born
- August 9, 1946
- Home of record
- Mineville, New York (Essex County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 16, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
55 names on the Wall carry the date August 16, 1968; 31 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “630 ENG CO 39 ENG BN USARV”, his unit in the record, lost 7 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 48W, Line 30
- KEVIN RALPH REMERPrivate First Class · August 16, 1968
- ROBERT MICHEAL REYNOLDSSpecialist Four · August 16, 1968
- JOHN ELMER ROECorporal · August 16, 1968
- GORDON A SKINNER IICaptain · August 16, 1968
Same unit, same day
- ELLIOTT LEO DECORAPrivate First Class · Panel 48W, Line 24
- THOMAS LEE MERICANTANTEPrivate First Class · Panel 48W, Line 28
- JEPPIE JOSEPH PAYNEStaff Sergeant · Panel 48W, Line 29
- ROBERT MICHEAL REYNOLDSSpecialist Four · Panel 48W, Line 30
- TERRY RAY ZIMMERMANSpecialist Four · Panel 48W, Line 31
From Mineville
- MARCUS WILLIAM STODDARDPrivate First Class · April 26, 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.