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DONALD DELMORE TRIPP
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
May 28, 1943 – August 20, 1969
Service recordDonald Delmore Tripp, of Brockton, Massachusetts, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on August 20, 1969, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 19W, Line 83 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19W · Line 83
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. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- May 28, 1943
- Home of record
- Brockton, Massachusetts (Plymouth County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 20, 1969
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date August 20, 1969; two of them were lost in Long An Province. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 18 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 19W, Line 83
- JOSEPH DAVID THOMPSONSpecialist Four · August 20, 1969
- GORDON JAMES TURPIN JRFirst Lieutenant · August 20, 1969
- JAMES RICHARD WALDOWSKIWarrant Officer 1 · August 20, 1969
- RAYMOND LEE WILCOXCorporal · August 20, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JOSEPH EDWARD BUGAR JRCorporal · Panel 19W, Line 77
From Brockton
- WILLIAM DAVID FRAWLEYLieutenant Commander · March 1, 1966
- WILLIAM FRANCIS MULLENMajor · April 29, 1966
- ROBERT LEON BOSSSpecialist Four · May 6, 1966
- TIMOTHY HOLSTERSpecialist Four · November 1, 1966
- RONALD E BERRISFORDPrivate First Class · February 11, 1967
- JOHN RICHARD HOULIHANCorporal · July 6, 1967
- WLADYSLAW STANISZEWSKICorporal · July 7, 1967
- DANNY ERIC GOODWINLance Corporal · August 24, 1967
- THEODORE FRED JOHNSONCorporal · January 18, 1968
- HUGH RICHARD JOHNSON JRSpecialist Four · February 10, 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.