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DONALD EDWARD NIPPER
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
March 26, 1948 – May 4, 1968
Service recordDonald Edward Nipper, of Knoxville, Tennessee, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 4, 1968, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 54E, Line 39 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 54E · Line 39
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 AVN BDE
- Born
- March 26, 1948
- Home of record
- Knoxville, Tennessee (Knox County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 4, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
58 names on the Wall carry the date May 4, 1968; five of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 47 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 54E, Line 39
- DEMPSEY WOODROW PARROTTSpecialist Four · May 4, 1968
- CHARLES LEON PERRYPetty Officer Third Class · May 4, 1968
- ROBERT GLEN PRICESecond Lieutenant · May 4, 1968
- JACK EDWARD REYNOLDSLance Corporal · May 4, 1968
Same unit, same day
- ARTHUR THEODORE KRAMER JRSpecialist Four · Panel 54E, Line 36
- SANTIAGO RODRIGUEZ-LEBRONSpecialist Four · Panel 54E, Line 40
- DONALD JEANE SWEATStaff Sergeant · Panel 54E, Line 41
From Knoxville
- GARY D SMITHPrivate First Class · November 17, 1965
- WAYNE THOMAS LONGPrivate · December 27, 1965
- RAYMOND LEE HILLSergeant · January 30, 1966
- TOMMY EDWARD HILLPetty Officer Second Class · February 14, 1966
- HUGH ALLEN LOVEPrivate First Class · February 17, 1966
- JAMES ROBERT MCLEMOREPrivate First Class · February 28, 1966
- DONALD RICHARD LUMLEYSecond Lieutenant · March 4, 1966
- JESSE J COFFEYSergeant · April 1, 1966
- CHARLES WILLIAM WOOLIVERLance Corporal · May 4, 1966
- JOHN HENRY MORGANPrivate First Class · May 26, 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.