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VAN V RIBUCAN
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
May 25, 1933 – November 3, 1968
Service recordVan V Ribucan, of Hamakuapoko, Hawaii, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on November 3, 1968, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 35. His name is inscribed on Panel 39W, Line 13 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 39W · Line 13
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- May 25, 1933
- Home of record
- Hamakuapoko, Hawaii (Maui County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 3, 1968
- Age
- 35
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date November 3, 1968; two of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In November 1968, 918 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 40 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 39W, Line 13
- MICHAEL EUGENE RITCHLance Corporal · November 3, 1968
- BRUCE ALLEN ROBINSONPrivate First Class · November 3, 1968
- MATTHEW ALBERT RUDENCorporal · November 3, 1968
- JOHN FRANCIS SCHROMPrivate First Class · November 3, 1968
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT WILLIAM BENJAMINCorporal · Panel 39W, Line 11
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.