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MICHAEL DEAN CRIBELAR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
June 27, 1949 – January 11, 1968
Service recordMichael Dean Cribelar, of Ypsilanti, Michigan, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on January 11, 1968, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 34E, Line 28 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 34E · Line 28
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- June 27, 1949
- Home of record
- Ypsilanti, Michigan (Washtenaw County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 11, 1968
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
32 names on the Wall carry the date January 11, 1968; two of them were lost in Pleiku Province. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 78 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 34E, Line 28
- MONTE REX BUSBYStaff Sergeant · January 11, 1968
- EMORY STEPHEN CANNONPrivate First Class · January 11, 1968
- DOUGLAS BARTON GREEN IIIFirst Lieutenant · January 11, 1968
- DONALD NELLIS THORESENPetty Officer Second Class · January 11, 1968
Same unit, same day
- EMORY STEPHEN CANNONPrivate First Class · Panel 34E, Line 28
- GERALD MARTIN PINAPrivate First Class · Panel 34E, Line 31
- EUGENE MELVIN WILLIAMSSpecialist Four · Panel 34E, Line 33
From Ypsilanti
- WILLIAM LENNINGTON BROWNLieutenant · July 9, 1965
- JACK MAYNARD HOPKINSCorporal · March 2, 1966
- HERMON EUGENE FULLER JRLance Corporal · September 25, 1966
- DAVID SCOTT PALMERHospitalman · July 5, 1967
- THOMAS LEONARD CLELANDSpecialist Four · July 11, 1967
- KENDAL LEE BENNEY JRLance Corporal · August 20, 1967
- CARL ROBERT ARVINCaptain · October 8, 1967
- CHARLES WESLEY BIRDSpecialist Four · October 14, 1967
- ROBERT ALLEN ALBERTSONPrivate First Class · November 4, 1967
- GRADY MERRIL JORDANSergeant First Class · December 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.