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JOHN STIRPE
Private · U.S. Army
November 3, 1948 – October 1, 1968
Service recordJohn Stirpe, of Rochester, New York, served as a Private in the U.S. Army. He died on October 1, 1968, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 42W, Line 60 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 42W · Line 60
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
- Private (PVT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- November 3, 1948
- Home of record
- Rochester, New York (Monroe County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 1, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
44 names on the Wall carry the date October 1, 1968; he was the only one lost in Long An Province that day. In October 1968, 821 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 70 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 42W, Line 60
- ALLAN STANLEY MAJORAirman First Class · September 24, 1968
- EDDIE LEE SIMMONSPrivate First Class · October 1, 1968
- EUGENE RAVN SUAREZCorporal · October 1, 1968
- BERNARD JEFFERY UHRENCorporal · October 1, 1968
- FRANK WELLS JRPrivate First Class · October 1, 1968
Same unit, same day
- WILLIE JAMES MCKENZIECorporal · Panel 42W, Line 58
From Rochester
- EUGENE RICHARDSONAirman First Class · October 24, 1964
- JOHN E EHRMENTRAUT JRPrivate First Class · April 24, 1965
- ALBERT S KNIGHT IIILance Corporal · June 22, 1965
- JOHN BERNARD TETTEPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- GEORGE STEPHEN BALAZYPrivate First Class · September 12, 1965
- JOSEPH CHRISTIANOColonel · December 24, 1965
- NOEL MICHAEL BARTOLFPrivate First Class · January 2, 1966
- NICHOLES SOCHACKIPrivate First Class · February 25, 1966
- RICHARD FLOYD SMITHPrivate First Class · March 16, 1966
- ROBERT JULIUS VANREYPENPrivate First Class · March 27, 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.