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RICHARD JOHN GIEBE
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
December 19, 1947 – November 9, 1967
Service recordRichard John Giebe, of Granite City, Illinois, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on November 9, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 29E, Line 57 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 29E · Line 57
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Unit (as recorded)
- M CO 3 BN 5 MAR 1 MARDIV
- Born
- December 19, 1947
- Home of record
- Granite City, Illinois (Madison County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 9, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
46 names on the Wall carry the date November 9, 1967; 19 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In November 1967, 1,133 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “M CO 3 BN 5 MAR 1 MARDIV”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 29E, Line 57
- GEORGE LINCOLN WILSONMaster Sergeant · November 8, 1967
- STEPHEN HAWLEY BYLERPrivate First Class · November 9, 1967
- TERRY LEE CLARKSpecialist Four · November 9, 1967
- EUGENE LUNSFORD CLAYStaff Sergeant · November 9, 1967
- JERRY WAYNE GENTRYPrivate First Class · November 9, 1967
From Granite City
- ROBERT EDWARD EMERYPrivate · December 9, 1965
- GENE E CHEPELYPrivate First Class · February 7, 1966
- JOHN BERNARD CAUSEYCaptain · February 25, 1966
- LOREN EUGENE BRADLEYPrivate First Class · April 29, 1966
- RALPH ROGER JUSTICEStaff Sergeant · January 6, 1967
- JAMES RAY DOWDYPrivate First Class · May 3, 1967
- JOE CARL LEUTENEGGERPrivate First Class · July 2, 1967
- RICHARD EUGENE SHILTSpecialist Four · August 17, 1967
- MICHAEL EDWARD ADAMSSergeant · November 19, 1967
- WILLIAM CECIL HINKLEPrivate First Class · November 21, 1967
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.