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MICHAEL P RIBICH
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
November 18, 1947 – April 12, 1969
Service recordMichael P Ribich, of Great Falls, Maine, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on April 12, 1969, in South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 27W, Line 101 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27W · Line 101
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Unit Supply Specialist (76Y)
- Born
- November 18, 1947
- Home of record
- Great Falls, Maine (Androscoggin County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 12, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
43 names on the Wall carry the date April 12, 1969. In April 1969, 1,023 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 27W, Line 101
- KEITH KESKISpecialist Four · April 17, 1969
- ALBERT ALLEN LADDSpecialist Four · April 17, 1969
- LAWRENCE JOHN LAUZONPrivate First Class · April 17, 1969
- ANTHONY LAVITE IIICaptain · April 17, 1969
- TRAVIS BERTRAND LEE JRFirst Lieutenant · April 17, 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.