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RALPH SIBLEY
Private First Class · U.S. Army
July 9, 1948 – March 26, 1968
Service recordRalph Sibley, of Chicago, Illinois, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on March 26, 1968, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 46E, Line 41 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 46E · Line 41
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- July 9, 1948
- Home of record
- Chicago, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 26, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
87 names on the Wall carry the date March 26, 1968; six of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In March 1968, 1,767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 47 of its members that month.
He died in Bình Dương Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 46E, Line 41
- WAYNE ERIC RISNERPrivate First Class · March 26, 1968
- ROBERT J RYLANDERSergeant · March 26, 1968
- RAYMOND FRANK SCHOPMANNCorporal · March 26, 1968
- HAROLD JOSEPH SIMMONSSpecialist Five · March 26, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JERALD LAVERN BAKERSpecialist Four · Panel 46E, Line 28
- MICHAEL J BANDYSergeant · Panel 46E, Line 28
- MICHAEL WILLIAM CAMPOSSpecialist Four · Panel 46E, Line 30
- LAWRENCE SKLODOSKISpecialist Four · Panel 46E, Line 34
From Chicago
- MELVIN LESTER WATERSPrivate · February 10, 1965
- WILLIAM RALPH FUHRMANPetty Officer Third Class · April 23, 1965
- RAYMOND LEON HORNCorporal · May 1, 1965
- ARTHUR C JEPSON JRCaptain · May 16, 1965
- DONALD CLAY DEDMONStaff Sergeant · June 10, 1965
- ROGER PELIKANLance Corporal · July 17, 1965
- HARRY COHENTechnical Sergeant · July 19, 1969
- CURTIS LOCKHARTPrivate First Class · July 30, 1965
- EDWARD KOPECPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- JAMES LEO WHITELance Corporal · August 19, 1965
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.