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ALFRED LEONARD TRIPP
Captain · U.S. Marine Corps
March 26, 1941 – July 25, 1968
Service recordAlfred Leonard Tripp, of Warwick, Rhode Island, served as a Captain in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on July 25, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 27. His name is inscribed on Panel 50W, Line 10 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 50W · Line 10
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
- Captain (CAPT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Pilot Vmo/Ov-10 (I) (7576)
- Born
- March 26, 1941
- Home of record
- Warwick, Rhode Island (Kent County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 25, 1968
- Age
- 27
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date July 25, 1968; three of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 50W, Line 10
- THOMAS ALBERT LUTGESergeant First Class · July 25, 1968
- JOHNNIE BRUCE SEWELLCorporal · July 25, 1968
- RICHARD STANLEY SIMMONSMaster Sergeant · July 25, 1968
- DONN LAFAYETTE SWEETFirst Lieutenant · July 25, 1968
From Warwick
- RICHARD ALAN JURCAKPrivate First Class · March 9, 1967
- ROBERT JAMES STERLINGSpecialist Four · April 25, 1967
- WILLIAM CHARLES STANLEYPrivate First Class · May 21, 1967
- KENNETH BRADFORD GOFF JRMajor · August 24, 1967
- ROBERT WILLIAM COTTENIERLance Corporal · September 4, 1967
- JOHN BRYANT HEADLEYCorporal · November 2, 1967
- LEO PAUL DUNSMORECorporal · February 12, 1968
- JOSEPH THOMAS PIGEON JRSergeant · August 21, 1968
- JAMES LEO WARNERSergeant First Class · September 21, 1968
- RUSSELL EDWIN NIHILLSergeant · October 21, 1968
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.