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DAVID NIPPER
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
September 15, 1940 – November 21, 1964
Service recordDavid Nipper, of Atlanta, Georgia, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on November 21, 1964, offshore, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 1E, Line 73 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1E · Line 73
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Unit (as recorded)
- D CO 3 RECON BN 3 MARDIV
- Born
- September 15, 1940
- Home of record
- Atlanta, Georgia (Fulton County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 21, 1964
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Offshore
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
Two names on the Wall carry the date November 21, 1964. In November 1964, 19 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
Also on Panel 1E, Line 73
- GEORGE HENRY ALBRECHTCaptain · November 19, 1964
- LEONARD PAUL HUDSONFirst Lieutenant · November 19, 1964
- RICHARD DON SLACK JRCorporal · November 21, 1964
- GORDON LEE ROBINSONMaster Sergeant · November 24, 1964
From Atlanta
- JAMES ANTHONY COYAirman First Class · June 11, 1965
- JAMES THARPE BROWN JRPrivate First Class · June 25, 1965
- WESLIE DAVID MEWBORNPetty Officer First Class · September 8, 1964
- DOUGLAS HORACE LEACHSpecialist Four · November 15, 1965
- RONNIE THOMAS MATHISSergeant · November 17, 1965
- GEORGE S MCHELLONSpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
- JAMES CARL WISE JRMajor · December 23, 1965
- CLIFFORD THOMAS JOHNSONPrivate · January 29, 1966
- HARVEY LEWIS BOWEN JRPrivate First Class · February 24, 1966
- ALLAN STEGALL JRPrivate First Class · March 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.