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A W TRIPPLETT
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
November 26, 1946 – November 19, 1966
Service recordA W Tripplett, of Rockford, Illinois, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on November 19, 1966, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 12E, Line 92 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12E · Line 92
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Assaultman (0351)
- Born
- November 26, 1946
- Home of record
- Rockford, Illinois (Winnebago County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 19, 1966
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
37 names on the Wall carry the date November 19, 1966; three of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In November 1966, 641 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 12E, Line 92
- HERBERT CARSON SHUPESpecialist Four · November 19, 1966
- MICHAEL DEWITT SWANGINSpecialist Four · November 19, 1966
- MARION WATKINSPrivate First Class · November 19, 1966
- ALAN N WEISMANPrivate First Class · November 19, 1966
From Rockford
- LARRY DEAN BELLCorporal · November 10, 1965
- THOMAS DUANE GLAWEPrivate First Class · June 16, 1966
- RODERICK JAMES RODENBECKPrivate First Class · February 11, 1967
- J L LYLESCorporal · February 16, 1967
- MELVIN BALLARDSergeant · March 11, 1967
- ROBERT VERNER PEARSONSpecialist Four · April 7, 1967
- ROBERT EARL WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · May 9, 1967
- NOTLEY GWYNN MADDOXColonel · May 20, 1967
- LARRY WILLIAM KNIGHTHospitalman · June 1, 1967
- CURTIS LEE DUCKETTPrivate First Class · June 23, 1967
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.