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RONALD JOE TEBBE
Sergeant · U.S. Army
September 5, 1947 – July 11, 1968
Service recordRonald Joe Tebbe, of Breese, Illinois, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on July 11, 1968, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 52W, Line 17 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 52W · Line 17
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- General Vehicle Repairman (63C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- September 5, 1947
- Home of record
- Breese, Illinois (Clinton County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 11, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date July 11, 1968; two of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 24 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 52W, Line 17
- RANDALL NAVE ARNEYFirst Lieutenant · July 12, 1968
- ROLAND NATHANIEL BARNABYSpecialist Five · July 12, 1968
- JAMES LEROY BROWNLance Corporal · July 12, 1968
- FRANK REGINALD CAUTHENCorporal · July 12, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JOHN LOUIS ADAMSCorporal · Panel 52W, Line 13
- WILLIAM EARL BLAIRSpecialist Four · Panel 52W, Line 14
From Breese
- DENNIS MICHAEL WOBBEPetty Officer Third Class · July 13, 1968
- DANIEL ELMER ROSENCorporal · May 14, 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.