Ripley, John, Col

Deceased
 
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Last Rank
Colonel
Last Primary MOS
9910-Billet Designator-Unrestricted Officer
Last MOSGroup
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Primary Unit
1990-1990, 0911, NROTC (Staff) Oregon State University
Service Years
1957 - 1992
Official/Unofficial USMC Certificates
Cold War Certificate
Officer Collar Insignia
Colonel

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Home State
West Virginia
West Virginia
 Year of Birth
1939
 
This Military Service Page was created/owned by SSgt Scott MacQuarrie (Mac) to remember Marine Col John Ripley.

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Contact Info
Home Town
Radford, Virginia		 Last Address
Annapolis, Maryland
Date of Passing
Oct 28, 2008		  
Wall/Plot Coordinates
Sec: 03 Lot: 0346

 Official Badges 

Joint Chiefs Service US European Command SOCOM USMC Retired Pin (30 Years) USMC Aide De Camp Aiguillette


 Unofficial Badges 

Ranger Tab British Army Parachute Wings Cold War Tet Offensive Commemorative Medal

USMC Officer Campaign Cover




 Additional Information
Last Known Activity:

Interred at United States Naval Academy.
   
Other Comments:

https://taskandpurpose.com/news/marine-bridge-dong-ha-vietnam/

This week marks 52 years since one Marine stopped 20,000 North Vietnamese troops and 200 enemy tanks by climbing hand-over-hand beneath a major bridge to plant explosives.



In the spring of 1972, the North Vietnamese Army launched the so-called Easter Offensive, its largest attack of the war and the first major assault since the Tet Offensive four years earlier. On April 2, the communist forces reached the Dong Ha Bridge over the Cua Viet River in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam.



Marine Capt. John Walter Ripley, the Senior Advisor to the 3rd Vietnamese Marine Battalion, was on the south side of the bridge. His orders were blunt, “Hold and die.”
   
  1964-1964, 0302, 2nd Bn, 2nd Marines (2/2)
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2nd Bn, 2nd Marines (2/2)
Sparks, John, LtCol, (1949-1973) 3 0302 Major
Matzke, Bill, Capt, (1960-1972) 3 0302 Captain
Cody, Richard(Bill), LtCol, (1955-1985) 3 0302 First Lieutenant
Nelsen, Gerald, GySgt, (1961-1982) 3 0369 Gunnery Sergeant
Bartholomy, Roger, Sgt, (1963-1967) 3 0341 Sergeant
Chappell, Thomas, Sgt, (1964-1968) 3 0311 Sergeant
Gleave, Joseph, Sgt, (1962-1966) 3 0311 Sergeant
Land, Phillip, SSgt, (1962-1986) 3 0351 Sergeant
Littler, Bruce, Sgt, (1964-1968) 3 0311 Sergeant
Pulli, Joseph, Sgt, (1963-1967) 3 Sergeant
Scheele, Richard, Sgt, (1961-1965) 3 0311 Sergeant
Burks, Gene R., Cpl, (1960-1964) 3 0351 Corporal
Jones, Earnest, SgtMaj, (1961-1991) 3 0311 Corporal
Miller, Don, Sgt, (1963-1969) 3 0311 Corporal
Read, Lynwood, Cpl, (1961-1966) 3 0311 Corporal
Richer, Philip, Cpl, (1961-1965) 3 0331 Corporal
Shein, Jacob, Sgt, (1963-1969) 3 Corporal
Sidari, Ed, Cpl, (1962-1966) 3 0343 Corporal
Wittwer, Glade, Cpl, (1961-1966) 3 0311 Corporal
Collins, Richard, Sgt, (1963-1967) 3 0351 Lance Corporal
Dunbar, James, LCpl, (1961-1966) 3 0311 Lance Corporal
Eudy, Jay, Cpl, (1963-1967) 3 0311 Lance Corporal
Jackson, Kirk, LCpl, (1963-1967) 3 0300 Lance Corporal
LaPrade, Garland, GySgt, (1963-1988) 3 0351 Lance Corporal
Novena Sr, Albert, LCpl, (1962-1966) 3 0351 Lance Corporal
Reichert, Ronnie, SgtMaj, (1963-1989) 3 0311 Lance Corporal
Wiggins, Paul, LCpl, (1961-1965) 3 0311 Lance Corporal
Clayton, Herbert, Cpl, (1962-1966) 3 0351 Private 1st Class
Collins, Richard, Sgt, (1963-1967) 3 0351 Private 1st Class
Monzo, Alphonzo, LCpl, (1961-1966) 3 0341 Private 1st Class
Tuller, Jordan, Cpl, (1962-1966) 3 0311 Private 1st Class
Dillen, Ray, Pvt, (1963-1966) 3 0300 Private
Robertson, Peter, Pvt, (1963-1967) 3 0331 Private
Flint, Alexander, Capt, (1959-1973) 25 2502 Second Lieutenant
Delich, Robert, Sgt, (1962-1966) 80 8513 Sergeant
Evans, Glen Barry, MSgt, (1958-1980) 25 2533 Sergeant
Hargis, Preston, Sgt, (1963-1967) 1 0121 Sergeant
Blake, Paul, Cpl, (1964-1967) 32 3200 Corporal
Clark, Gene, HM3, (1963-1967) 0 HM-8404 Corporal
Hanat, Bruce, Cpl, (1963-1966) Corporal
Pottier, Jerry, Cpl, (1964-1968) 26 2601 Corporal
Thompson, James, Cpl, (1963-1966) 18 1814 Corporal
Mott, Francenia, LCpl, (1963-1966) 40 4029 Lance Corporal
Smith, Joe, LCpl, (1961-1965) 25 2541 Lance Corporal
Ferguson, Richard, PFC, (1961-1964) 35 3531 Private 1st Class
Puco, Laurence, LCpl, (1964-1968) 1 0141 Private 1st Class
Ames, John, Pvt, (1963-1967) 13 1371 Private
Perkinsw, Joseph, Sgt, (1962-1966) 3 Sergeant
Gleave, Joseph w, Sgt, (1962-1966) Sergeant
HILLOCK, BENJAMIN, Sgt, (1962-1966) 1 Sergeant
Briggs, Robert, LCpl, (1959-1964) 25 Lance Corporal
Murray, John, Sgt, (1963-1968) Lance Corporal
Talomie, Ron, Cpl, (1960-1964) Corporal
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Beatrice, Tom, Sgt, (1962-1966) 3 Corporal
DiGiacomo, Alex, Sgt, (1963-1967) 3 0331 Corporal
Schatzman, Bill, Cpl, (1963-1966) 3 0331 Corporal
Sokolowski, Walter, Sgt, (1963-1967) 3 0311 Corporal
Volk, Walter, Sgt, (1964-1968) 3 0311 Lance Corporal
Pfefferle, Warren Walter, PFC, (1963-1965) 3 0311 Private 1st Class

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