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SOREN PRIP
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
October 8, 1947 – April 30, 1968
Service recordSoren Prip, of Grayslake, Illinois, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on April 30, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 53E, Line 21 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 53E · Line 21
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
- October 8, 1947
- Home of record
- Grayslake, Illinois (Lake County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 30, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
87 names on the Wall carry the date April 30, 1968; 53 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 53E, Line 21
- ELMER JOSEPH PERRY JRSergeant · April 30, 1968
- DONALD LEE PETERSONPrivate First Class · April 30, 1968
- NORMAN IRA PHIPPSPrivate First Class · April 30, 1968
- ROBERT EDWARD PIETSCHLieutenant Colonel · April 30, 1968
From Grayslake
- RONALD ALLEN HILLSpecialist Four · May 1, 1969
- GERALD EUGENE MCKAYLieutenant Colonel · April 27, 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.