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EVERETT DALE RIEPE
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
March 17, 1948 – December 6, 1968
Service recordEverett Dale Riepe, of Metropolis, Illinois, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on December 6, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 37W, Line 51 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 37W · Line 51
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Machinegunner (0331)
- Born
- March 17, 1948
- Home of record
- Metropolis, Illinois (Massac County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 6, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date December 6, 1968; six of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In December 1968, 855 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 37W, Line 51
- GUY BARE CREEP JRStaff Sergeant · December 6, 1968
- GLENN ELDEN HEFLINPrivate First Class · December 6, 1968
- WILBURT NATHANIEL HINESCorporal · December 6, 1968
- JAMES CLAYTON KERRSergeant · December 6, 1968
- CHARLES ARTHUR LAUERStaff Sergeant · December 6, 1968
From Metropolis
- PAUL M WOOLDRIDGE JRPrivate First Class · May 26, 1967
- JAMES BOYD ARTMANFirst Lieutenant · December 28, 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.