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WILLIAM L RIPLEY
Sergeant · U.S. Air Force
November 22, 1945 – August 13, 1970
Service recordWilliam L Ripley, of Millertown, Ohio, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Air Force. He died on August 13, 1970, in Thailand, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 8W, Line 109 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8W · Line 109
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Air Force
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- 7 AF
- Born
- November 22, 1945
- Home of record
- Millertown, Ohio (Perry County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 13, 1970
- Age
- 24
- Country
- Thailand
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date August 13, 1970. In August 1970, 452 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “7 AF”, his unit in the record, lost 4 of its members that month.
The record places this loss in Thailand, outside South Vietnam.
Also on Panel 8W, Line 109
- STEVEN CLAYTON SCOTTSpecialist Four · August 13, 1970
- GREGORY CARLYLE STITTCorporal · August 13, 1970
- LAWRENCE GORDON SWARBRICKFirst Lieutenant · August 13, 1970
- ROBERT HUGH WESTONSpecialist Four · August 13, 1970
Same unit, same day
- ALAN B CHEESEMANCaptain · Panel 8W, Line 106
- GEORGE D HENRY JRCaptain · Panel 8W, Line 108
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.