David Paul Thibodeau
Private First Class
HQ BTRY, 11TH MARINES, 1ST MARDIV, III MAF
United States Marine Corps
Rumford, Maine
March 30, 1949 to July 19, 1968
DAVID P THIBODEAU is on the Wall at Panel W51, Line 13
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05 Sep 2007

REMEMBERED

by a buddy,
Mike Luthe
cat5dude@neo.rr.com

 
22 Sep 2007

I was with Dave when he died.
He'll be remembered forever.

From a friend,
Al Araujo
mm111848@aol.com


 

A Note from The Virtual Wall

The 7th Engineer Battalion and 11th Marines' operations logs for 19 July 1968 contain entries describing the same event. A truck from HQ Battery, 11th Marines struck a mine about 4 kilometers northwest of Dien Ban, injuring several men. As other Marines came to help, one of them detonated a boobytrap. Three Marines died within a five-minute period. They were
  • LCpl Charles F. Rubado, Brasher Fall, NY, H&S Co, 1st Tank Bn;
  • LCpl Vincent Piscar, Greensburg, PA, B Co, 7th Engineers; and
  • Pfc David P. Thibodeau, Rumford, ME, HQ Btry, 11th Marines.

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