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WILLIAM RUSSELL MCKIBBEN
Captain · U.S. Army
January 19, 1944 – April 25, 1970
Service recordWilliam Russell McKibben, of Marshalltown, Iowa, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on April 25, 1970, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 11W, Line 51 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11W · Line 51
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
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Air Observation Pilot (1981)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- January 19, 1944
- Home of record
- Marshalltown, Iowa (Marshall County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 25, 1970
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date April 25, 1970; five of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In April 1970, 730 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 78 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 11W, Line 51
- CHARLES K HACKETT JRCaptain · April 25, 1970
- JOHN RICHARD MATTOXPrivate First Class · April 25, 1970
- MICHAEL JOSEPH MAYBERRYSergeant · April 25, 1970
- WILLIAM WESLEY NOETZELWarrant Officer 1 · April 25, 1970
Same unit, same day
- RODNEY KEITH ARNOLDWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 11W, Line 48
- JAMES HARRISON BROOKS JRSergeant First Class · Panel 11W, Line 48
- JAMES THADDEUS CONWAYSpecialist Six · Panel 11W, Line 49
- MICHAEL JOSEPH MAYBERRYSergeant · Panel 11W, Line 51
From Marshalltown
- HARVEY WOODFORD GILBERTPrivate First Class · August 13, 1966
- ROBERT DOUGLAS KINGWarrant Officer 1 · December 4, 1967
- RICHARD CHARLES WESTBERGPrivate First Class · March 10, 1968
- STANLEY RICHARD SMITHMajor · May 11, 1968
- DONALD DENNIS WEYKERSpecialist Four · December 5, 1968
- JOHN EDWARD SLATERSecond Lieutenant · December 15, 1968
- DAVID LYNN RUTGERSPrivate First Class · February 25, 1969
- DARREL GENE BITTNERSergeant · May 8, 1969
- RANDY LEE MASTSergeant · June 5, 1970
- KENNETH WAYNE TUCKERCorporal · February 15, 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.