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WILSON E BIBLER JR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
June 25, 1946 – February 24, 1967
Service recordWilson E Bibler JR, of Chula Vista, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on February 24, 1967, in South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 15E, Line 82 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15E · Line 82
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Medical Specialist (91B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- June 25, 1946
- Home of record
- Chula Vista, California (San Diego County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 24, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Died of other causes
Context · from the records
What was happening
34 names on the Wall carry the date February 24, 1967. In February 1967, 767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 69 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 15E, Line 82
- ROGER ALLEN CASTLECorporal · February 24, 1967
- DONALD ALAN CHAFFINLance Corporal · February 24, 1967
- EDWIN EARL COOPERHospitalman · February 24, 1967
- RONALD CARL CRAPOCorporal · February 24, 1967
Same unit, same day
- STEVEN KIRBYCorporal · Panel 15E, Line 84
- THOMAS EDWARD M GRAY JRFirst Lieutenant · Panel 15E, Line 85
- RODNEY L RIEGERCaptain · Panel 15E, Line 86
- VICTOR VANCE ULLBERGSpecialist Four · Panel 15E, Line 87
From Chula Vista
- PAUL ARTHUR WILDAUERLieutenant Commander · March 2, 1964
- RICHARD BRIGHTPrivate · July 21, 1966
- RICHARD EARL SIPESPrivate First Class · December 29, 1966
- CHARLES LEE MYERSSergeant · February 13, 1967
- EDWIN EARL COOPERHospitalman · February 24, 1967
- JOHN IGNATIUS HIGGINS JRHospitalman · October 14, 1967
- RICHARD D WEEDERSpecialist Five · October 17, 1967
- JAMES RICHARD BIERNACKISergeant · March 14, 1968
- RAYMOND OMER KINCANNONCaptain · April 1, 1968
- ARTHUR BOBBITTCorporal · April 14, 1968
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.