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RONALD EDWARD HIBBARD
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
November 4, 1948 – October 9, 1968
Service recordRonald Edward Hibbard, of Oak Ridge, Tennessee, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on October 9, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 41W, Line 35 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 41W · Line 35
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- November 4, 1948
- Home of record
- Oak Ridge, Tennessee (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 9, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date October 9, 1968; three of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In October 1968, 821 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 41W, Line 35
- JOHN ALBERT GIACONE JRPrivate First Class · October 9, 1968
- LLOYD DEAN GILLESPIEMaster Sergeant · October 9, 1968
- RICHARD OWEN GRIFFITHPrivate First Class · October 9, 1968
- DONALD CURTIS HAMMSergeant · October 9, 1968
From Oak Ridge
- GERALD WAYNE DAVIDSONFirst Lieutenant · June 29, 1964
- BENJAMIN LEE IVPrivate First Class · March 17, 1966
- JOSEPH KEITH BRADLEYLance Corporal · September 6, 1967
- JOHN THOMAS WELSHANMajor · March 3, 1968
- HOYLE TERRY JRPrivate First Class · March 26, 1968
- GREGORY JOHN WEBERLance Corporal · October 7, 1968
- MICHEAL ROGER BAKERPrivate First Class · December 3, 1968
- SAMUEL EARL ASHERCaptain · April 26, 1970
- LUTHER EUGENE DAVISStaff Sergeant · May 25, 1970
- JEFF THOMAS BARNETT SRGunnery Sergeant · January 16, 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.