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RICHARD ABBOTT KIBBEY
Colonel · U.S. Air Force
June 2, 1934 – February 6, 1967
Service recordRichard Abbott Kibbey, of Delmar, New York, served as a Colonel in the U.S. Air Force. He died on February 6, 1967, in North Vietnam, at age 32. His name is inscribed on Panel 14E, Line 129 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14E · Line 129
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Colonel (COL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Pilot (1043E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 38 ARS
- Born
- June 2, 1934
- Home of record
- Delmar, New York (Albany County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 6, 1967
- Age
- 32
- Country
- North Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
43 names on the Wall carry the date February 6, 1967. In February 1967, 767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “38 ARS”, his unit in the record, lost 3 of its members that month.
He died in North Vietnam while Operation Rolling Thunder was under way. Operation Rolling Thunder (March 1965–November 1968) was the sustained U.S. bombing campaign against North Vietnam, flown by Air Force fighter-bombers from Thailand and Navy aircraft from carriers in the Gulf of Tonkin against some of the densest air defenses in the world.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
Also on Panel 14E, Line 129
- WILLIAM EARL GRAYPrivate First Class · February 6, 1967
- DONALD JOE HALLChief Master Sergeant · February 6, 1967
- LUCIUS LAMAR HEISKELLMajor · February 6, 1967
- FRED ARTHUR JOHNSONPrivate First Class · February 6, 1967
Same unit, same day
- DONALD JOE HALLChief Master Sergeant · Panel 14E, Line 129
- PATRICK HARDY WOODColonel · Panel 15E, Line 1
From Delmar
- ROBERT WILLIAM ABBOTTMajor · December 17, 1965
- HENRY IRVING KLEIN JRLieutenant (junior grade) · December 2, 1966
- DEAN BROOKS ALLENFirst Lieutenant · July 18, 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.