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COLIN KEITH HIPKINS
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
October 15, 1948 – September 6, 1967
Service recordColin Keith Hipkins, of Van Horne, Iowa, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on September 6, 1967, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 26E, Line 11 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 26E · 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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- October 15, 1948
- Home of record
- Van Horne, Iowa (Benton County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 6, 1967
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
80 names on the Wall carry the date September 6, 1967; 47 of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In September 1967, 929 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 26E, Line 11
- JOSEPH SYLVESTER HUME JRLance Corporal · September 6, 1967
- RICHARD BERNARD JACKSONStaff Sergeant · September 6, 1967
- REGINALD ARCHIE JORDANLance Corporal · September 6, 1967
- LEWIS H PROUDFOOT IIIPrivate First Class · September 6, 1967
- VERNON LEE OSTERTAGSergeant · September 22, 1967
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.