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RICHARD GARY THIBAULT
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
January 30, 1945 – August 20, 1967
Service recordRichard Gary Thibault, of Blaine, Washington, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on August 20, 1967, in South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 25E, Line 21 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 25E · Line 21
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
- Specialist Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- January 30, 1945
- Home of record
- Blaine, Washington (Whatcom County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 20, 1967
- Age
- 22
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date August 20, 1967. In August 1967, 683 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 25E, Line 21
- DARRELL LEE REIDSpecialist Four · August 20, 1967
- GARRY GLENN TALLENTLance Corporal · August 20, 1967
- JERRY L ALLENSpecialist Four · August 21, 1967
- RAYMOND EUGENE ALLENSpecialist Four · August 21, 1967
From Blaine
- KENNETH WAYNE REIDFirst Lieutenant · August 23, 1968
- ROBERT DEE MAYNARDSergeant · November 28, 1971
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.