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JOSEPH ROBERT RIEBLI
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
November 6, 1946 – July 7, 1967
Service recordJoseph Robert Riebli, of Port Orchard, Washington, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on July 7, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 23E, Line 31 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23E · 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
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- November 6, 1946
- Home of record
- Port Orchard, Washington (Kitsap County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 7, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
48 names on the Wall carry the date July 7, 1967; 20 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In July 1967, 1,057 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 23E, Line 31
- ANDREW CHARLES RABAIOTTILance Corporal · July 7, 1967
- CHARLES EDWARD SAUERMajor · July 7, 1967
- PAUL JOSEPH SIMONPrivate First Class · July 7, 1967
- MICHAEL BRUCE SMITHCorporal · July 7, 1967
From Port Orchard
- JAMES RICHARD MCCLINTOCKSpecialist Four · January 31, 1968
- DARREL ZANE WRIGHTSergeant · February 6, 1968
- ROBERT ALAN JACKSONSergeant · February 17, 1968
- GUY NORTH BERNARDLance Corporal · March 2, 1968
- DONALD DALE HAWKINSSergeant · August 19, 1968
- DONALD EUGENE TURNERStaff Sergeant · September 18, 1968
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.