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WALTER RIPLEY TYRRELL
Petty Officer Second Class · U.S. Navy
July 3, 1947 – February 7, 1969
Service recordWalter Ripley Tyrrell, of Chemung, New York, served as a Petty Officer Second Class in the U.S. Navy. He died on February 7, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 33W, Line 82 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 33W · Line 82
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. Navy
- Rank
- Petty Officer Second Class (PO2)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Hospital Corpsman (HM)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 7 FLT
- Born
- July 3, 1947
- Home of record
- Chemung, New York (Chemung County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 7, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date February 7, 1969; 13 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “7 FLT”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 33W, Line 82
- RODNEY GEORGE SHANKLance Corporal · February 7, 1969
- JAMES ROBERT SMITHCorporal · February 7, 1969
- LARRY STEVENSONSergeant · February 7, 1969
- DARREL THOMAS SWANSONSpecialist Four · February 7, 1969
From Chemung
- WALTER CHARLES FRISBIESpecialist Five · October 23, 1971
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.