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WAYNE BIBBS
Private First Class · U.S. Army
June 14, 1954 – June 11, 1972
Service recordWayne Bibbs, of Blue Island, Illinois, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on June 11, 1972, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 17. His name is inscribed on Panel 1W, Line 40 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1W · Line 40
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Aircraft Maintenance Apprentice (67A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- June 14, 1954
- Home of record
- Blue Island, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 11, 1972
- Age
- 17
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
Eight names on the Wall carry the date June 11, 1972; five of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In June 1972, 88 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 13 of its members that month.
He died in Thừa Thiên Province while the Easter Offensive was under way. On 30 March 1972, North Vietnam launched its largest offensive since 1968, attacking across the DMZ, toward An Lộc and into the Central Highlands. By then few U.S. ground troops remained; American advisers and air power fought alongside the South Vietnamese.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 1W, Line 40
- JAMES EDWARD HACKETTSpecialist Four · June 11, 1972
- TERRY LYNN HOCHSTETLERSergeant · June 11, 1972
- ARNOLD EDWARD HOLM JRCaptain · June 11, 1972
- JAMES RUSSELL MCQUADEFirst Lieutenant · June 11, 1972
Same unit, same day
- JAMES EDWARD HACKETTSpecialist Four · Panel 1W, Line 40
- ARNOLD EDWARD HOLM JRCaptain · Panel 1W, Line 40
- JAMES RUSSELL MCQUADEFirst Lieutenant · Panel 1W, Line 40
- ROBIN RAY YEAKLEYSpecialist Four · Panel 1W, Line 41
From Blue Island
- LOUIS XAVIER CABRERA JRPrivate First Class · June 18, 1966
- RAMIRO MANRIQUE JRSpecialist Four · July 11, 1966
- WILLIAM WALLINGFireman · October 26, 1966
- MILTON EMMETT PRESCOTT JRSergeant · April 30, 1967
- DONALD LEE PERILLOPrivate First Class · April 4, 1968
- ROBERT ALLEN ENGELSENPetty Officer Third Class · May 1, 1968
- JAMES RAYMOND HOCKETTFirst Lieutenant · September 22, 1968
- THOMAS HARRY ROBERTSONSergeant · April 12, 1969
- VERNEL COLLINSSergeant First Class · April 30, 1970
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.