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HERBERT A RIPKA
Warrant Officer 1 · U.S. Army
December 9, 1928 – May 27, 1967
Service recordHerbert A Ripka, of Jersey Shore, Pennsylvania, served as a Warrant Officer 1 in the U.S. Army. He died on May 27, 1967, in South Vietnam, at age 38. His name is inscribed on Panel 21E, Line 2 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21E · Line 2
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
- Warrant Officer 1 (WO1)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 189 AVN CO 17 AVN GRP 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- December 9, 1928
- Home of record
- Jersey Shore, Pennsylvania (Lycoming County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 27, 1967
- Age
- 38
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
13 names on the Wall carry the date May 27, 1967. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 21E, Line 2
- JAMES EDWARD SMITHCorporal · May 27, 1967
- ARTHUR VERNON VIGILLance Corporal · May 27, 1967
- DONALD LEE WHITEPrivate · May 27, 1967
- LLOYD MARVIN ADKINS JRPrivate First Class · May 28, 1967
From Jersey Shore
- GEORGE HERBERT NESTLERODELieutenant Colonel · March 3, 1968
- BERNARD LAVERNE GAINESPrivate First Class · March 24, 1968
- BARRY LYNN FRAZIERSergeant · May 1, 1968
- CHARLES LE ROY MERRILL JRSpecialist Four · April 15, 1970
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.