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JOHN PHILIP SUPPLE
Warrant Officer 1 · U.S. Army
December 30, 1943 – April 5, 1968
Service recordJohn Philip Supple, of New York, New York, served as a Warrant Officer 1 in the U.S. Army. He died on April 5, 1968, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 48E, Line 21 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 48E · Line 21
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
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Helicopter Pilot, Utility And Light Cargo Single Rotor (062B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 159 MED DET 68 MED GRP 44 MED BDE
- Born
- December 30, 1943
- Home of record
- New York, New York (Kings County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 5, 1968
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
42 names on the Wall carry the date April 5, 1968; he was the only one lost in Hua Nghia Province that day. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 48E, Line 21
- ROBERT R THOMPSONSergeant · April 5, 1968
- DAVID WILLIAM TIMMChief Warrant Officer 2 · April 5, 1968
- BRUCE TORTORICISergeant · April 5, 1968
- ROGER ELGIN WARDSpecialist Four · April 5, 1968
From New York
- WALTER R MCCARTHY JRCaptain · June 16, 1962
- JOHN HOWARD MCCLEANCaptain · August 16, 1963
- DONALD ALLAN MOLLICONEFirst Lieutenant · December 20, 1963
- VINCENT JOSEPH HICKMANCaptain · January 14, 1964
- MARTIN STOCKFEDERPrivate First Class · July 15, 1964
- ROBERT GEORGE ARMSTRONGFirst Lieutenant · October 24, 1964
- DOMINICK SANSONESergeant First Class · December 10, 1964
- DONALD GILBERT COOKColonel · December 31, 1964
- TERENCE MEREDITH MURPHYLieutenant (junior grade) · April 9, 1965
- ROBERT CARL WISTRANDColonel · May 9, 1965
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.