Rock Springs Miner, Dec 19, 1948
PVT. JERRY TRIPP
Funeral services for Pvt. Jerry Tripp of Granger were held at the Congregational church in Green River Friday followed by burial in the Tripp family plot in Riverview cemetery there. He was killed in action in World war II.
Jerry Edman Tripp was born Dec. 25, 1924 at Mountain View, a son of the late Garie H. Tripp and Mrs. Anna M. Tripp of Granger. He spent his boyhood at Mountain View and moved with his parents in 1931 to their ranch near Granger. He was inducted into the armed forces on Aug. 28, 1944 and trained for the armored tank division at Ft. Knox, Ky. He was home on a ten-day furlough in January 1945 and in February was assigned to overseas duty after three weeks more of training at Ft. Meade, Md.
He arrived in Belgium about March 8, 1945 and assigned as a gunner to 9th armored division of the 14th army and crossed the Remagen bridge about ten days after establishment of the first Allied bridgehead over the Rhine. He then fought through many of the toughest battles toward Berlin.
Private Tripp was killed in April 10. 1945 in the battle for the encirclement of Leipzig, Germany. He was first buried in Germany and later re-buried in Holland.
Besides his mother, Private Tripp is survived by five brothers and six sisters, John and Charles Tripp of Mountain View, Hugh of Carter, Raymond and William of Granger, Margaret Tripp Petersen of Lyman, Ellen Tripp Gordon of Carter, Anna May Tripp Henery of Robertson, Kathryn Tripp Dodds of Hawk Springs, Florence Tripp Moore, and Mary Alice Tripp, both of Granger. His father died on April 11, 1944.
PVT. JERRY TRIPP
Funeral services for Pvt. Jerry Tripp of Granger were held at the Congregational church in Green River Friday followed by burial in the Tripp family plot in Riverview cemetery there. He was killed in action in World war II.
Jerry Edman Tripp was born Dec. 25, 1924 at Mountain View, a son of the late Garie H. Tripp and Mrs. Anna M. Tripp of Granger. He spent his boyhood at Mountain View and moved with his parents in 1931 to their ranch near Granger. He was inducted into the armed forces on Aug. 28, 1944 and trained for the armored tank division at Ft. Knox, Ky. He was home on a ten-day furlough in January 1945 and in February was assigned to overseas duty after three weeks more of training at Ft. Meade, Md.
He arrived in Belgium about March 8, 1945 and assigned as a gunner to 9th armored division of the 14th army and crossed the Remagen bridge about ten days after establishment of the first Allied bridgehead over the Rhine. He then fought through many of the toughest battles toward Berlin.
Private Tripp was killed in April 10. 1945 in the battle for the encirclement of Leipzig, Germany. He was first buried in Germany and later re-buried in Holland.
Besides his mother, Private Tripp is survived by five brothers and six sisters, John and Charles Tripp of Mountain View, Hugh of Carter, Raymond and William of Granger, Margaret Tripp Petersen of Lyman, Ellen Tripp Gordon of Carter, Anna May Tripp Henery of Robertson, Kathryn Tripp Dodds of Hawk Springs, Florence Tripp Moore, and Mary Alice Tripp, both of Granger. His father died on April 11, 1944.
Rock Springs Miner, Dec 19, 1948
PVT. JERRY TRIPP
Funeral services for Pvt. Jerry Tripp of Granger were held at the Congregational church in Green River Friday followed by burial in the Tripp family plot in Riverview cemetery there. He was killed in action in World war II.
Jerry Edman Tripp was born Dec. 25, 1924 at Mountain View, a son of the late Garie H. Tripp and Mrs. Anna M. Tripp of Granger. He spent his boyhood at Mountain View and moved with his parents in 1931 to their ranch near Granger. He was inducted into the armed forces on Aug. 28, 1944 and trained for the armored tank division at Ft. Knox, Ky. He was home on a ten-day furlough in January 1945 and in February was assigned to overseas duty after three weeks more of training at Ft. Meade, Md.
He arrived in Belgium about March 8, 1945 and assigned as a gunner to 9th armored division of the 14th army and crossed the Remagen bridge about ten days after establishment of the first Allied bridgehead over the Rhine. He then fought through many of the toughest battles toward Berlin.
Private Tripp was killed in April 10. 1945 in the battle for the encirclement of Leipzig, Germany. He was first buried in Germany and later re-buried in Holland.
Besides his mother, Private Tripp is survived by five brothers and six sisters, John and Charles Tripp of Mountain View, Hugh of Carter, Raymond and William of Granger, Margaret Tripp Petersen of Lyman, Ellen Tripp Gordon of Carter, Anna May Tripp Henery of Robertson, Kathryn Tripp Dodds of Hawk Springs, Florence Tripp Moore, and Mary Alice Tripp, both of Granger. His father died on April 11, 1944.
PVT. JERRY TRIPP
Funeral services for Pvt. Jerry Tripp of Granger were held at the Congregational church in Green River Friday followed by burial in the Tripp family plot in Riverview cemetery there. He was killed in action in World war II.
Jerry Edman Tripp was born Dec. 25, 1924 at Mountain View, a son of the late Garie H. Tripp and Mrs. Anna M. Tripp of Granger. He spent his boyhood at Mountain View and moved with his parents in 1931 to their ranch near Granger. He was inducted into the armed forces on Aug. 28, 1944 and trained for the armored tank division at Ft. Knox, Ky. He was home on a ten-day furlough in January 1945 and in February was assigned to overseas duty after three weeks more of training at Ft. Meade, Md.
He arrived in Belgium about March 8, 1945 and assigned as a gunner to 9th armored division of the 14th army and crossed the Remagen bridge about ten days after establishment of the first Allied bridgehead over the Rhine. He then fought through many of the toughest battles toward Berlin.
Private Tripp was killed in April 10. 1945 in the battle for the encirclement of Leipzig, Germany. He was first buried in Germany and later re-buried in Holland.
Besides his mother, Private Tripp is survived by five brothers and six sisters, John and Charles Tripp of Mountain View, Hugh of Carter, Raymond and William of Granger, Margaret Tripp Petersen of Lyman, Ellen Tripp Gordon of Carter, Anna May Tripp Henery of Robertson, Kathryn Tripp Dodds of Hawk Springs, Florence Tripp Moore, and Mary Alice Tripp, both of Granger. His father died on April 11, 1944.
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