Arthur Van Riper Jr

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Staff Sergeant Arthur Van Riper Jr served in the United States Army in the Vietnam War
Service started: 26 Sep 1968
Unit(s): USACC-PAC; 7th Army CATC; 4th Infantry Division
Service ended: 30 Aug 1984

Arthur Van Riper Jr is a Project Member of the Military and War subproject World War II

Arthur has been a member of the England Project for over 1,000 days.

Biography

Arthur Raymond Van Riper, Jr was born on April 22, 1947, at St. Joseph's Hospital in Paterson, New Jersey, to Arthur Van Riper and his wife, Hattie Ellen Bowman. He was raised and lived in Wayne, Passaic, New Jersey, graduating Mountain View Elementary School, Anthony Wayne Junior High School and Wayne Valley High School in 1965.

After attending vocational school he worked for the General Electric Company Aerospace Division in Utica, New York, until enlisting in the United States Army in September, 1968 (see Military Service for more details).

In 1974, Arthur married Bernnest Ann Keeney and adopted his wife's four children (two sons and two daughters). This marriage ended in divorce in 1978. He again married Bernnest in 1983, with this marriage ending in divorce in 1985. He has two sons and two daughters. grandchildren and great grandchildren and great-great-grandchildren.

After his military service, Arthur went to school and obtained his BA degree and went to work for Walmart Stores in 1990, from where he retired in 2014 after 24 1/2 years.

Arthur is presently enjoying his retired life.

He has one sister, Sharon Ann Van Riper, 4 children, 11 grandchildren and 12 great-grandchildren and 2 step-great grandchildren and 1 great-great-granddaughter.

Birth

Arthur Raymond Van Riper, Jr was born 22 April 1947, at St Joseph's Hospital, Paterson, New Jersey to Arthur Van Riper Sr and Hattie Ellen Bowman.^[1][2]

Military Service

Arthur enlisted in the United States 26 September 1968 at Utica, New York and was medically discharged on 30 August 1984, as a Staff Sergeant, at Fort Carson, Colorado.^[3][1]

Arthur did his basic training at Fort Dix, New Jersey, with advanced individual training as a Communications Center Specialist, at Fort Gordon Georgia. Upon graduation, he was assigned to US Army Strategic Communications Command - Pacific (USATRATCOM), serving at Schofield Barracks, Hawaii, Okinawa, and Taiwan, with temporary duty assignments in Viet Nam, Thailand, Japan and South Korea. In 1974, Arthur was reassigned to US Army Communications Command (USACC), East Coast Telecommunications Center, Fort Detrick Maryland.^[3][1]

In 1976, Arthur was reclassified and trained as an Armor Crewman, at Fort Carson, Colorado. In June 1978, Arthur was again reassigned, to 7th Army Combined Arms Training Center, Vilseck, Germany where he was an instructor and a department NCOIC. In July, 1983. Arthur was reassigned to US Army Garrison, Fort Carson, Colorado, as NCOIC, G3 Individual Training, and medically discharged August 1984. ^[3][1]

Marriage

Arthur was married twice, first to Bernnest Ann Keeney Fogle [Keeney-1417], Aug 1974, at Fort Detrick, Maryland. After a move to Colorado, this marriage ended in a divorce in 1978 at Colorado Springs, Colorado. He again married in July 1983, his previous wife, Bernnest, and this marriage also ended in a divorce in 1985. He has not married since.^[1]

Children

• Arthur adopted Bernnest's four children in 1975, in Frederick, Maryland.^[1]
  1. Sally Jean (Fogle) (Skelton) (Jurchenko) Van Riper [Fogle-471] Living;
  2. Carolyn Lynn (Fogle) (Watts0 Austin) Van Riper [Fogle-472] Living;
  3. Gene Sylvester (Fogle) Van Riper [Fogle-473] Living;
  4. Roger Lee (Fogle) Van Riper [Fogle-474] Living.

Member of

• Arthur is a Life Member of the Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW), Paid-Up-For-Life (PUFL) member of American Legion, Life Member of Non-Commissioned Officers Association, Life Member of Association of the United States Army. Also a founding and Charter member of Wounded Warrior Foundation, Founding member of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial and a Founding member of the US Army Museum.^[1]
• Arthur is also a Past Master of the Pyramid Lodge 869, AF&AM, Vilseck, Germany and a charter member of Light of the Three Stars Lodge 963, AF&AM, Ansbach, Germany. Also a member of Eastern Star, Aahmes Temple of the Shrine and the Scottish Rite. (No longer an active member of any).^[1]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7} Personal recollection of [Van Riper-81] Arthur Van Riper, Jr. 30 Jan, 2019
2. ↑ Certificate of Birth, Arthur Raymond Van Riper Jr, State of New Jersey Department of Health, Division of Vital Statistics.
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2} Certificate of Release or Discharge from Active Duty, Department of Defense Form, DD 214

• Personal recollection of Arthur Van Riper Jr [Van Riper-81].