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ALBERT ALLEN TIPPETT
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
September 16, 1947 – February 14, 1968
Service recordAlbert Allen Tippett, of Whitakers, North Carolina, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on February 14, 1968, in Phuoc Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 39E, Line 40 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 39E · Line 40
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- September 16, 1947
- Home of record
- Whitakers, North Carolina (Edgecombe County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 14, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Phuoc Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
71 names on the Wall carry the date February 14, 1968; he was the only one lost in Phuoc Long Province that day. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 144 of its members that month.
He died in Phuoc Long Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 39E, Line 40
- LEMMIE DEE LUNSFORDSpecialist Four · February 14, 1968
- CHARLES ALLEN STOVALLCorporal · February 14, 1968
- WILLIAM DEWAYNE THOMASCorporal · February 14, 1968
- VERNON S TSCHERTERStaff Sergeant · February 14, 1968
Same unit, same day
- HAROLD L BEGODYSpecialist Four · Panel 39E, Line 28
- WILLIAM BLAKELYPrivate First Class · Panel 39E, Line 29
- RODOLFO DELEONPrivate First Class · Panel 39E, Line 30
- LARRY WILBERT ELLIOTTSpecialist Four · Panel 39E, Line 31
From Whitakers
- MACK ARTHUR ALSTONSpecialist Four · September 13, 1967
- EDDIE WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · September 1, 1968
- LEE VERN SILVERPrivate First Class · February 17, 1969
- ODELL DICKENSPrivate First Class · February 25, 1969
- JAMES EDWARD DEBREWCorporal · May 10, 1970
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.