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VIRGIL MARTIN BIXBY
Corporal · U.S. Army
February 10, 1950 – July 22, 1970
Service recordVirgil Martin Bixby, of Iowa City, Iowa, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on July 22, 1970, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 8W, Line 41 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8W · Line 41
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- February 10, 1950
- Home of record
- Iowa City, Iowa (Johnson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 22, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date July 22, 1970; 12 of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In July 1970, 495 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 114 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 8W, Line 41
- PHILLIP GERALD WRIGHTWarrant Officer 1 · July 21, 1970
- JOHN MICHAEL BABICHCorporal · July 22, 1970
- ROBERT JOSEPH BROWN JRCorporal · July 22, 1970
- STANLEY GENE DIEHLStaff Sergeant · July 22, 1970
Same unit, same day
- JOHN MICHAEL BABICHCorporal · Panel 8W, Line 41
- ROBERT JOSEPH BROWN JRCorporal · Panel 8W, Line 41
- STANLEY GENE DIEHLStaff Sergeant · Panel 8W, Line 41
- MARK GREGORY DRAPERSergeant · Panel 8W, Line 42
- DANNY JOE FRIESCorporal · Panel 8W, Line 42
- ROBERT MASON JOURNELL IIISpecialist Four · Panel 8W, Line 42
- JOHN WILLIAM KRECKELStaff Sergeant · Panel 8W, Line 43
- STEVEN ALLAN OLSONSecond Lieutenant · Panel 8W, Line 44
- WILLIAM ANTHONY PAHISSAFirst Lieutenant · Panel 8W, Line 44
- THOMAS RUSSELL SCHULTZSergeant · Panel 8W, Line 44
- DONALD JON SEVERSONSpecialist Four · Panel 8W, Line 44
- GERALD BLAINE SINGLETONStaff Sergeant · Panel 8W, Line 44
From Iowa City
- FRANCIS LEROY GAULOCHERFirst Lieutenant · March 24, 1968
- ELWIN ROY SHAINMajor · July 28, 1968
- WILLIAM JAMES ADAMSPrivate First Class · May 18, 1969
- THOMAS JEROME DOSTALSecond Lieutenant · August 25, 1969
- KENNETH DALE HAMMELCaptain · July 24, 1970
- DARRELL L HAMLINSergeant · May 13, 1975
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.