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MICHAEL JAMES MCKIBBAN
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
July 13, 1946 – January 1, 1969
Service recordMichael James McKibban, of Klamath Falls, Oregon, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on January 1, 1969, in Laos, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 35W, Line 17 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 35W · Line 17
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- SPECIAL FORCES
- Born
- July 13, 1946
- Home of record
- Klamath Falls, Oregon (Klamath County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 1, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Country
- Laos
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date January 1, 1969. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Special Forces, his unit in the record, lost 15 of its members that month.
He died in Laos while the air war over Laos was under way. From 1964 to 1973, U.S. aircraft bombed the Ho Chi Minh Trail and supported the war in northern Laos; many of the Americans lost over Laos were never recovered.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 35W, Line 17
- DONALD GENE KINGPrivate First Class · January 1, 1969
- JOSEPH NEMETH JRChief Petty Officer · January 1, 1969
- VICTOR WILLIAM OSNESSSergeant · January 1, 1969
- EDMUND JOSEPH SCHMIDTSpecialist Five · January 1, 1969
Same unit, same day
- ROGER LOUIS BROWNSpecialist Five · Panel 35W, Line 14
- JAMES MICHAEL HALLStaff Sergeant · Panel 35W, Line 15
- WAYNE LINDSAY HAWESSpecialist Four · Panel 35W, Line 16
From Klamath Falls
- FRANCIS LEO COLLINSPrivate First Class · June 5, 1967
- JIMMY ERIK FLORENCorporal · November 6, 1967
- JERRY OSCAR STENBERGLance Corporal · January 21, 1968
- JOHN RENFIELD TWOREKPrivate First Class · March 9, 1968
- CHARLES THOMAS COATSLance Corporal · May 27, 1968
- THOMAS HENRY WILLIAMSCorporal · August 24, 1968
- DAVID LYNN EVANSSpecialist Four · October 24, 1968
- JIMMIE MALCOLM THOMPSONPetty Officer Third Class · December 8, 1968
- CHARLES THOMAS DEATONPrivate First Class · September 28, 1969
- STEVEN LLOYD PETERSSpecialist Four · March 10, 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.