John Paul Tripp Vann^{[1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25]}

1924 - 1972  (47 years)

• Name	John Paul Tripp Vann  [5, 7, 19, 20, 22, 24]
  Birth	2 Jul 1924	Norfolk, Norfolk, Virginia, USA   [5, 11, 19, 20, 24]
  	Born John Paul Tripp in Norfolk, Virginia, out of wedlock, to John Spry and Myrtle Lee Tripp. Vann's mother married Aaron Frank Vann, and Vann took his stepfather's surname
  Gender	Male
  Residence	1935	Norfolk, Norfolk City, Virginia, USA   [5]
  Residence	1940	, Norfolk, Norfolk City, Virginia, USA   [5]
  Adopted	1942
  	In 1942, Aaron Vann officially adopted him.
  Residence	1942	Norfolk, Norfolk, Massachusetts, USA   [2]
  Military Service	1943
  	In 1943, at the age of 18, Vann enlisted in the United States Army Air Force. He underwent pilot training, transferred to navigation school, and was commissioned as a second lieutenant in 1945. However, the war ended before he could see action.
  Military Service	2 Jul 1948  [3]
  	Army Service
  Residence	1969	Denver, Denver, Colorado, USA   [6]
  Death	9 Jun 1972	Kon Tum, South Vietnam   [1, 7, 19, 20, 22, 24]
  	Three days after the Battle of Kontum, Vann was killed when his helicopter crashed into a grove of trees near a village cemetery. He was 47 years old.
  		John Paul Vann - 1972
  		John Paul Vann- Hero Burial
  		John Paul Vann death
  		John Paul Vann -Death Notice
  		John Paul Vann obit
  Burial	16 Jun 1972	Arlington, Arlington, Virginia, USA   [13, 24]
  	Arlington National Cemetery Find a Grave Memorial ID: 7500964
  		Arlington National Cemetery
  		John Paul Vann gravestone
  Legacy - Presidential Medal of Freedom Award	18 Jun 1972
  	On June 18, President Richard Nixon posthumously awarded Vann the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation's highest civilian citation, for his ten years of service in South Vietnam.
  A Bright Shining Lie	1998
  	A Bright Shining Lie: John Paul Vann and America in Vietnam (1988) is a book by Neil Sheehan, a former New York Times reporter, about U.S. Army lieutenant colonel John Paul Vann (killed in action) and the United States' involvement in the Vietnam War.
  Web Link	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Bright_Shining_Lie
  Web Link	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Bright_Shining_Lie_(film)
  Web Link	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/7500964/john-paul-vann
  Web Link	https://www.historynet.com/john-paul-vann-man-and-legend/?f
  Web Link	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Paul_Vann
  Web Link	https://army.togetherweserved.com/army/servlet/tws.webapp.WebApp?cmd=ShadowBoxProfile&type=AssignmentExt&ID=158792
  Web Link	https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/16/opinion/the-truth-behind-a-bright-shining-lie.html
  Person ID	I342371433570	Tripp Family Genealogical Website | John Tripp 2

  
  

  Father	John Paul Spry, Sr,   b. 11 Feb 1899, Virginia, USA d. 17 December 1971, Norfolk, Norfolk City, Virginia, USA (Age 72 years)
  Mother	Myrtle Lee Tripp,   b. 18 Jul 1908, Greenville, Pitt, North Carolina, USA d. 22 Sep 1966, Norfolk City, Norfolk, Virginia, USA (Age 58 years)
  Marriage	Abt 1924	Norfolk, Norfolk, Virginia, USA
  	No marriage just a relationship that produced a child.
  _SREL	friend
  Family ID	F2837	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Mary Jane Allen,   b. 11 Aug 1927, Rochester, Monroe, New York, USA
  Marriage	6 Oct 1945	Rochester, Monroe, New York, USA   [18, 26]
  	Vann married Mary Jane Allen of Rochester, New York in October 1945, at the age of 21. They had five children.
  Children	1. Living   2. Living   3. Living   4. Living   5. Living
  Family ID	F2254	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

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