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JOHNNY RAY TRIPLETT
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
April 11, 1946 – July 20, 1965
Service recordJohnny Ray Triplett, of North Charleston, South Carolina, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on July 20, 1965, in South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 2E, Line 41 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2E · Line 41
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- April 11, 1946
- Home of record
- North Charleston, South Carolina (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 20, 1965
- Age
- 19
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
Nine names on the Wall carry the date July 20, 1965. In July 1965, 103 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 2E, Line 41
- STANLEY P KIERZEKSpecialist Five · July 20, 1965
- CLAYTON JOHN MANSFIELD JRCaptain · July 20, 1965
- ERIE A MARTIN JRFirst Sergeant · July 20, 1965
- JOE MANUEL SALINASPrivate First Class · July 20, 1965
From North Charleston
- ARTHUR M DRIGGERS JRPrivate First Class · July 21, 1967
- RAYMOND WELLINGTON BLANDINLance Corporal · January 5, 1969
- CHARLES E HIGBEE JRFirst Lieutenant · January 13, 1969
- BILLY JOE SCHAFFERStaff Sergeant · April 1, 1970
- LUTHER ALLEN GENESCorporal · September 12, 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.