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CARL DALE PIPHER
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
March 31, 1949 – January 28, 1969
Service recordCarl Dale Pipher, of Canton, Ohio, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on January 28, 1969, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 33W, Line 11 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 33W · Line 11
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)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- March 31, 1949
- Home of record
- Canton, Ohio (Stark County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 28, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
34 names on the Wall carry the date January 28, 1969; four of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 70 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 33W, Line 11
- WILLIAM MICHAEL THOMASPrivate First Class · January 28, 1969
- PHILIP ALON TRITSCHPrivate First Class · January 28, 1969
- LAVALLE WALKERPrivate · January 28, 1969
- MICHAEL WILSON BAILEYPrivate First Class · January 29, 1969
Same unit, same day
- WARREN REED ESKRIDGECorporal · Panel 33W, Line 7
- DARRON FREDERICK ZICCHINOSpecialist Four · Panel 33W, Line 9
From Canton
- JAMES PRESTON COATSSergeant · January 25, 1966
- WILLIAM HAROLD BORDNERLieutenant Colonel · February 16, 1966
- PAUL ALLEN HAINESLance Corporal · April 2, 1966
- JURIS PUDULSSpecialist Four · June 24, 1966
- RONALD K GRAYLance Corporal · June 25, 1966
- FRANK PAUL HUDAKPrivate First Class · August 25, 1966
- WILLIAM RICHARD MASTERSSpecialist Four · September 27, 1966
- THOMAS RALPH MURPHYFirst Lieutenant · November 6, 1966
- ROBERT LEE BORGERPrivate First Class · November 22, 1966
- JAMES NELSON WYMERPrivate First Class · December 15, 1966
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.