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MARK LEON TRIPLETT
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
November 16, 1947 – September 19, 1968
Service recordMark Leon Triplett, of St Charles, Illinois, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on September 19, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 43W, Line 43 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 43W · Line 43
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Machinegunner (0331)
- Born
- November 16, 1947
- Home of record
- St Charles, Illinois (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 19, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
58 names on the Wall carry the date September 19, 1968; 18 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 43W, Line 43
- RICHARD L SPARKSSpecialist Four · September 19, 1968
- DANIEL RAYMOND SPURLINFirst Lieutenant · September 19, 1968
- JAMES JOHN STITESSpecialist Four · September 19, 1968
- ROBERT GERALD TATELance Corporal · September 19, 1968
From St Charles
- EVERETT ALLAN EASTMANChief Warrant Officer 3 · July 31, 1967
- THOMAS EDWARD JOSEPHCorporal · October 2, 1967
- JESSE LAVERN WILLOUGHBYPrivate First Class · April 10, 1968
- STANLEY DYKUS MONTGOMERYSergeant · December 22, 1969
- PAUL ROBERT BRASSWarrant Officer 1 · December 14, 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.