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TERRY ALLEN RIPPY
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
September 30, 1942 – April 22, 1966
Service recordTerry Allen Rippy, of Hammond, Oregon, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on April 22, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 6E, Line 128 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6E · Line 128
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Heavy Anti-Armor Weapons Infantryman (11H)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- September 30, 1942
- Home of record
- Hammond, Oregon (Clatsop County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 22, 1966
- Age
- 23
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
Eight names on the Wall carry the date April 22, 1966. In April 1966, 406 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 19 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 6E, Line 128
- JAMES LARKIN EATMONPrivate First Class · April 22, 1966
- MIGUEL GARCIA JRPrivate First Class · April 22, 1966
- CLYDE HALLMaster Sergeant · April 22, 1966
- WILLIAM BREWSTER NICKERSONLieutenant (junior grade) · April 22, 1966
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.