Eric Ribitsch

Private First Class
C CO, 2ND BN, 503RD INF RGT, 173 ABN BDE
Army of the United States
20 February 1943 - 03 July 1966
Ridgewood, New York
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Eric Ribitsch
173 ABN BDE

503RD INF RGT 		Combat Infantry

Bronze Star, Purple Heart, National Defense, Vietnam Service, Vietnam Campaign

Airborne!

The database page for Eric Ribitsch

23 Mar 2002

PFC Eric Ribitsch arrived in-country in VietNam in September 1965. During his tour, he received two Purple Hearts and was awarded a posthumous Bronze Star with Valor Device for his heroism.

He was killed on July 3, 1966 in Operation Yorktown in the vicinity of Xa Xuan Loc. He was 23 and a true hero.

I am proud to be his nephew, named after him, and I wear his dog tag every day.

As my uncle would say...
"AIRBORNE ALL THE WAY"

Eric Ribitsch

Please do not hesitate to contact me if you have might have known my uncle. Thanks : )

Eric Ribitsch
eric.ribitsch@itt.com

A Note from The Virtual Wall

Charlie Company, 2nd Bn, 503rd Infantry, lost four men on 03 July 1966:
  • PFC Julius Collins, Blackville, SC
  • PFC James T. Noss, Bruceton Mills, WV
  • PFC Eric Ribitsch, Ridgewood, NY
  • PFC Terry K. Wilkins, Las Vegas, NV


The point-of-contact for this memorial is
his nephew,
Eric Ribitsch
eric.ribitsch@itt.com
 23 Mar 2002


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Jim Schueckler, former CW2, US Army
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