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EUGENE RAYMOND RIPPEL
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
September 29, 1949 – July 21, 1969
Service recordEugene Raymond Rippel, of Dededo, Guam, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on July 21, 1969, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 20W, Line 31 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20W · Line 31
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- September 29, 1949
- Home of record
- Dededo, Guam (Guam County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 21, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date July 21, 1969; seven of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In July 1969, 834 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 52 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 20W, Line 31
- BOYD KEITH NEWBOLDSpecialist Five · July 21, 1969
- RAYMOND JOSEPH PALANDROPrivate First Class · July 21, 1969
- ROGER ROGELIO PANGANSergeant · July 21, 1969
- RICHARD JAMES PARNELLSergeant · July 21, 1969
Same unit, same day
- YOUEAL DEAN ERWINSergeant · Panel 20W, Line 29
- JOHN T FUDGEPrivate First Class · Panel 20W, Line 29
- LUIS ALONZO SOTELOStaff Sergeant · Panel 20W, Line 29
- GEORGE ALLEN GRINNELLChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 20W, Line 30
- Macdonald Brooke HALSEYSecond Lieutenant · Panel 20W, Line 30
- ROBERT DALE STAGGSWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 20W, Line 32
From Dededo
- DAVID GUERRERO BENAVENTEStaff Sergeant · November 23, 1965
- JUAN DUENAS CEPEDASergeant · July 29, 1966
- JAMES EDWARD ANDER SANTOSSpecialist Four · March 16, 1967
- JAMES LUJAN BLAZLance Corporal · June 7, 1967
- DONALD SUMINGUIT CARTERPrivate First Class · January 10, 1969
- JOHN ANTHONY PEREZSpecialist Four · May 13, 1969
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.