Vietnam War
Unit | Troop F, 8th Cavalry Regiment |
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Rank | Private First Class U.S. Army |
Entered Service From | Blue Island Illinois |
Date of Death | June 11 1972 |
Status | Recovered |
Memorialized |
Courts of the Missing
Court
B
Honolulu Memorial |
Notes
Private First Class Bibbs was a member of Troop F, 8th Cavalry Regiment 196th Infantry Brigade. On June 11, 1972, he was the gunner of a Hughes Loach Observation Helicopter (OH-6A) was making a visual reconnaissance of the northern provinces of South Vietnam, when the aircraft exploded and burned. His name is permanently inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial. PFC Bibbs remains were recovered and identified on February 7, 2011.