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DONALD WARREN CHIPP JR
Sergeant · U.S. Army
May 29, 1945 – November 12, 1970
Service recordDonald Warren Chipp JR, of Rock Springs, Wyoming, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on November 12, 1970, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 6W, Line 53 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6W · Line 53
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- May 29, 1945
- Home of record
- Rock Springs, Wyoming (Sweetwater County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 12, 1970
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date November 12, 1970; ten of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In November 1970, 347 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 32 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 6W, Line 53
- JOHN DANIEL BARRETTPrivate First Class · November 12, 1970
- ROGER DALE COLEPrivate First Class · November 12, 1970
- FREDDIE LOUIS DACUSStaff Sergeant · November 12, 1970
- TITUS LEE EPPSPrivate First Class · November 12, 1970
Same unit, same day
- JOSE GILBERT BARRERAPrivate First Class · Panel 6W, Line 52
- JOHN DANIEL BARRETTPrivate First Class · Panel 6W, Line 53
- ROGER DALE COLEPrivate First Class · Panel 6W, Line 53
- TITUS LEE EPPSPrivate First Class · Panel 6W, Line 53
- GARLAND PARIS FELTONSergeant First Class · Panel 6W, Line 54
- DAVID LEE HATCHERSpecialist Four · Panel 6W, Line 54
- JESSE LYNN KESTLERPrivate First Class · Panel 6W, Line 54
- JOE BILLY MCNETTSpecialist Four · Panel 6W, Line 54
- WILLIAM CLEMON REEDCorporal · Panel 6W, Line 55
- CRAIG THOMAS RESKAPrivate First Class · Panel 6W, Line 55
From Rock Springs
- STEPHEN WILLIAM STARKPetty Officer Third Class · January 31, 1968
- CHARLES SULLIVAN ROYPetty Officer Second Class · July 23, 1968
- CANDELARIO PATRICK BUSTOSLance Corporal · May 10, 1969
- ROBERT EUGENE ROMEROSpecialist Four · December 3, 1969
- JOHN ANTHONY CUKALE JRSpecialist Four · February 27, 1971
- EMIL MAX MILTNOVICHCorporal · September 25, 1971
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.