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DONALD LEE KIPP
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
December 1, 1949 – February 8, 1969
Service recordDonald Lee Kipp, of Montclair, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on February 8, 1969, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 33W, Line 86 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 33W · Line 86
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)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- December 1, 1949
- Home of record
- Montclair, California (San Bernardino County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 8, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
37 names on the Wall carry the date February 8, 1969; four of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 44 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 33W, Line 86
- LLOYD JUNIOR HUCKSPrivate First Class · February 8, 1969
- NATHANIEL IRVINGPrivate First Class · February 8, 1969
- PERRY DAVID JOHNSONStaff Sergeant · February 8, 1969
- ARTHUR LEE KLAUSCorporal · February 8, 1969
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT DARRELL DEBOARDPrivate First Class · Panel 33W, Line 84
- LAWRENCE CHESTER HAWLEYPrivate First Class · Panel 33W, Line 85
- ROBERT OLAN MAYHEWStaff Sergeant · Panel 33W, Line 87
- JOSEPH ODELL STRICKLANDSpecialist Four · Panel 33W, Line 90
From Montclair
- ERNEST JOSEPH HALVORSONStaff Sergeant · October 24, 1964
- RONALD PAUL PETRICKCorporal · August 20, 1965
- ROBERT WAYNE KINGLance Corporal · July 10, 1966
- JAMES RANDALL HOTTENROTHFirst Lieutenant · October 15, 1967
- LAVERN LEO SALZMANSergeant · October 25, 1967
- FRANK DAVID PINACaptain · March 1, 1968
- JOHNNIE LLOYD DANIELSpecialist Four · May 31, 1968
- TIMOTHY PATRICK WEAVERSpecialist Four · October 10, 1968
- AMEDEE GEORGE GRANELLE JRPrivate First Class · December 6, 1968
- WILLIAM FREDERICK LEASECorporal · November 21, 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.