John Paul Tripp Vann

Other Events and Attributes:

• Legacy - Presidential Medal of Freedom Award: Jun 18 1972
• Residence: 1935, Norfolk, Norfolk City, Virginia, USA
• Residence: 1940, , Norfolk, Norfolk City, Virginia, USA
• Adopted: 1942
• Residence: 1942, Norfolk, Norfolk, Massachusetts, USA
• Military Service: 1943
• Military Service: 2 Jul 1948
• Residence: 1969, Denver, Denver, Colorado, USA
• A Bright Shining Lie: 1998

Notes:

Birth:
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

Legacy - Presidential Medal of Freedom Award:
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.

Web Link:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Bright_Shining_Lie

Web Link:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Bright_Shining_Lie_(film)

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https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/7500964/john-paul-vann

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https://www.historynet.com/john-paul-vann-man-and-legend/?f

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Paul_Vann

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Web Link:
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/16/opinion/the-truth-behind-a-bright-shining-lie.html

Adopted:
In 1942, Aaron Vann officially adopted him.

Military Service:
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.

A Bright Shining Lie:
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.

Died:
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.

Buried:
Arlington National Cemetery
Find a Grave Memorial ID: 7500964

John married Mary Jane Allen on 6 Oct 1945 in Rochester, Monroe, New York, USA. Mary (daughter of Justus S Allen and Mary J Andrews) was born on 11 Aug 1927 in Rochester, Monroe, New York, USA; was christened on 14 Jun 1931 in Rochester, Monroe, New York, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Living married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]