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GEORGE WARREN CRIPPS
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
July 13, 1946 – January 13, 1966
Service recordGeorge Warren Cripps, of Dover, Delaware, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on January 13, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 4E, Line 68 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4E · Line 68
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- July 13, 1946
- Home of record
- Dover, Delaware (Kent County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 13, 1966
- Age
- 19
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date January 13, 1966. In January 1966, 401 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 131 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 4E, Line 68
- ELIJAH GOAR TOLLETT JRMajor · January 12, 1966
- WARREN LESTER ANDERSONCaptain · January 13, 1966
- BAXTER COLIDGE CARROLLPlatoon Sergeant · January 13, 1966
- BYRON HUGH CROTWELLStaff Sergeant · January 13, 1966
Same unit, same day
- DANNY MAX ERWINSpecialist Four · Panel 4E, Line 69
- MELVIN LEE HAIRSTONSpecialist Four · Panel 4E, Line 70
- ALLEN WINFRED JONESPrivate First Class · Panel 4E, Line 70
- DONALD FREDERICK WEINMANSergeant · Panel 4E, Line 72
From Dover
- EDWIN HAROLD SORNSONPrivate First Class · June 20, 1966
- HAROLD WILLIAM HADDICKChief Master Sergeant · August 22, 1967
- DONALD E KENTONWarrant Officer 1 · March 6, 1968
- NOLAN REED RAYSpecialist Four · April 12, 1968
- TOBY ERNEST COLLINSPrivate First Class · June 11, 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.