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LEONARD JEROME BIBBS
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
April 27, 1946 – July 31, 1966
Service recordLeonard Jerome Bibbs, of Robbins, Illinois, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on July 31, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 9E, Line 91 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9E · Line 91
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Artillery Communications Chief (31H)
- Born
- April 27, 1946
- Home of record
- Robbins, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 31, 1966
- Age
- 20
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Infectious Disease
Context · from the records
What was happening
Ten names on the Wall carry the date July 31, 1966. In July 1966, 562 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 9E, Line 91
- KENNETH ROBERT CARTERSergeant · July 31, 1966
- GREGORIO M GARCIAStaff Sergeant · July 31, 1966
- RONALD FRANCIS HOCKCorporal · July 31, 1966
- ALVIN HOPKINS JRSergeant First Class · July 31, 1966
From Robbins
- THEODORE WILLIAMS JRPrivate First Class · July 4, 1966
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.