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GEORGE HENRY RIPLIE
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
January 18, 1936 – March 2, 1969
Service recordGeorge Henry Riplie, of Toledo, Ohio, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on March 2, 1969, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 33. His name is inscribed on Panel 30W, Line 15 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 30W · Line 15
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Combat Engineer (12B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- January 18, 1936
- Home of record
- Toledo, Ohio (Lucas County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 2, 1969
- Age
- 33
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date March 2, 1969; four of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 121 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 30W, Line 15
- JOHN JOSEPH MEYERPrivate First Class · March 2, 1969
- JOHN ANTHONY PETRICMajor · March 2, 1969
- CARL LEONARD RADTKEFirst Lieutenant · March 2, 1969
- THOMAS DONALD THOMPSON JRFirst Lieutenant · March 2, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JOSEPH LENORD BIDDLESergeant · Panel 30W, Line 10
- PETER ALFRED DUPERRYSpecialist Four · Panel 30W, Line 11
- ANTONIO MENDEZ GARCIAPrivate First Class · Panel 30W, Line 12
- MICHAEL DALE HYATTSergeant · Panel 30W, Line 12
- ROBERT LOUIS HARTERSergeant · Panel 30W, Line 13
- THOMAS DONALD THOMPSON JRFirst Lieutenant · Panel 30W, Line 15
- HAROLD JOHN SMITHSergeant · Panel 30W, Line 16
From Toledo
- THOMAS FREDERICK GORTONCaptain · December 6, 1963
- BARRY NEWTON HAMBLETONPrivate First Class · August 24, 1965
- ROBERT TAFT HANSON JRLieutenant Commander · February 3, 1966
- CARLOS DENNIS JELKSPrivate First Class · February 14, 1966
- LAMAR DONALD FREDERICKPrivate First Class · February 26, 1966
- DENNIS W MALEWSKISergeant · March 9, 1966
- MICHAEL OWEN GATWOODPrivate First Class · May 20, 1966
- JAMES THOMAS LANGLOISSpecialist Four · August 15, 1966
- BYRON NELSON LUDWIGPrivate First Class · August 15, 1966
- WILLIE JAMES TUCKERPrivate First Class · August 20, 1966
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.