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TOMMIE MAX CRIPE
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
September 3, 1942 – April 16, 1966
Service recordTommie Max Cripe, of Russiaville, Indiana, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on April 16, 1966, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 6E, Line 119 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6E · Line 119
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- September 3, 1942
- Home of record
- Russiaville, Indiana (Howard County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 16, 1966
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date April 16, 1966; seven of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In April 1966, 406 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 6E, Line 119
- CLARENCE A TEASSpecialist Five · April 16, 1966
- THOMAS NEIL YAGLELance Corporal · April 16, 1966
- WILLIAM HENRY JOHNSONCorporal · April 17, 1966
- FRANKLIN HARRY A QUINTANAPrivate First Class · April 17, 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.