Hibbard Ronald E 10-14-68
Killed by Mortar Fire in Vietnam
Ronald E. Hibbard

Rank: Private First Class
Born: 4 November 1948
Died: 9 October 1968
County: Anderson
Hometown: Oak Ridge
Service Branch: Marine Corps
Division/Assignment: 3rd Marine Division
Theater: Not listed
Conflict: Vietnam
Battles: Not listed
Awards: Not listed
Burial/Memorial Location: Bob Jones Cemetery, Manchester, Clay County, Kentucky
Location In Memorial: Pillar XXII, Top Panel
Sponsored by: Contact us to sponsor Ronald E. Hibbard

Birth: Nov. 4, 1948
Manchester
Clay County
Kentucky, USA
Death: Oct. 9, 1968
Quang Tri, Vietnam

Ronald was the son of Ralph Hibbard and Georgia Hibbard of Oak Ridge TN enlisted in the US Marine Corps on April 17 1968 in Knoxville TN. He arrived in Vietnam on September 29, 1968 and was assigned to Company D, 1st Battalion, 3d Marines, 3d MARDIV (Rein) FMF.Casualties:Richard Owen Griffith
Ronald Edward Hibbard


Ronald Edward Hibbard was born on 4 November 1948 at Manchester, Clay County, Kentucky. He was the son of Ralph Hibbard and Georgia Hibbard of Oak Ridge TN enlisted in the US Marine Corps on April 17 1968 in Knoxville TN. He arrived in Vietnam on September 29, 1968 and was assigned to Company D, 1st Battalion, 3d Marines, 3d MARDIV (Rein) FMF.

During Operation LANCASTER II in the Hoa Huong and Trung Luong Districts of Quang Tri Province the Battalion entered the DMZ in search of the NVA forces infiltrating south. On October 8, Company D was patrolling in the vicinity of Dong (Hill) Be Lao when they were hit with fourteen rounds of enemy 60mm mortar fire, killing two and wounding ten men. One of the casualties was PFC Hibbard who was killed by fragmentation wounds from the hostile mortar fire. -Submitted by Mr. Victor Vilionis
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