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RAE KELLAND RIPPETOE
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
January 25, 1951 – November 14, 1970
Service recordRae Kelland Rippetoe, of Greeneville, Tennessee, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on November 14, 1970, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 6W, Line 61 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6W · Line 61
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
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- January 25, 1951
- Home of record
- Greeneville, Tennessee (Greene County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 14, 1970
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date November 14, 1970; he was the only one lost in Quảng Nam Province that day. In November 1970, 347 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 6W, Line 61
- RONALD JAMES HILLSpecialist Five · November 14, 1970
- STANLEY HERBERT TRYGG JRPrivate First Class · November 14, 1970
- BENIGNO ZAMUDIO JRSpecialist Four · November 14, 1970
- CLARENCE R PRITCHARD JRSpecialist Four · November 15, 1970
From Greeneville
- DONALD JAY FILLERSCaptain · May 28, 1965
- WILLIAM CUTSHAWPrivate First Class · January 17, 1966
- ROBERT MASONLance Corporal · September 6, 1967
- CHARLES OTTIS NEALSergeant · October 10, 1967
- JAMES DANIEL KELLEYPrivate First Class · September 19, 1968
- HAROLD CLIFFORD STILLSPrivate First Class · December 6, 1968
- ROBERT LEE ALEXANDERLieutenant Colonel · October 31, 1969
- DONNIE JAY SWATSELLPrivate First Class · February 2, 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.