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CLARENCE FREDDIE GIPSON
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
January 16, 1946 – April 3, 1967
Service recordClarence Freddie Gipson, of Decatur, Michigan, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on April 3, 1967, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 17E, Line 95 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17E · Line 95
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- January 16, 1946
- Home of record
- Decatur, Michigan (Van Buren County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 3, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
13 names on the Wall carry the date April 3, 1967; he was the only one lost in Gia Dinh Province that day. In April 1967, 887 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 61 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 17E, Line 95
- CORNELIUS J B CHAMBERSSpecialist Four · April 3, 1967
- JOHN ROY CHAPMANLieutenant · April 3, 1967
- MICHAEL FERZACCAPrivate First Class · April 3, 1967
- JIMMY HORACE GUINNSpecialist Four · April 3, 1967
Same unit, same day
- CORNELIUS J B CHAMBERSSpecialist Four · Panel 17E, Line 95
From Decatur
- JAMES ANDREW SOWAPrivate First Class · October 12, 1968
- RONALD CRAIG VLIEKSergeant · September 5, 1969
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.