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LARRY ALLAN RIPPE
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
March 17, 1949 – May 27, 1970
Service recordLarry Allan Rippe, of Chesterton, Indiana, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 27, 1970, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 10W, Line 110 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10W · Line 110
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- AMERICAL DIV
- Born
- March 17, 1949
- Home of record
- Chesterton, Indiana (Porter County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 27, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date May 27, 1970; eight of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In May 1970, 917 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The Americal Division, his unit in the record, lost 25 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 10W, Line 110
- FRANK MARTIN MEBSSpecialist Five · May 27, 1970
- DONALD WAYNE MYERSSergeant · May 27, 1970
- ALAN HUGH PARKSCorporal · May 27, 1970
- ROBERT DAVID RHODESCorporal · May 27, 1970
Same unit, same day
- GARY CLIFTON EATONSpecialist Four · Panel 10W, Line 108
- CHARLES GRADY FLOYDPrivate First Class · Panel 10W, Line 108
- ALAN HUGH PARKSCorporal · Panel 10W, Line 110
From Chesterton
- FREDDY RAY GOREPrivate First Class · July 13, 1967
- WILLIAM LEEAirman · July 29, 1967
- LOREN ELWOOD LONGSpecialist Five · August 23, 1968
- WILSON FITZGERALD HALLEYFirst Lieutenant · November 27, 1968
- TERRANCE DEAN J FRANCISSpecialist Four · January 10, 1969
- DONALD JOSEPH TRAMPSKIStaff Sergeant · September 16, 1969
- MARK RANDALL TAYLORSpecialist Four · June 2, 1971
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.