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DUANE ALLEN HIPPLE
Sergeant · U.S. Army
May 24, 1948 – February 26, 1969
Service recordDuane Allen Hipple, of Trout Run, Pennsylvania, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on February 26, 1969, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 31W, Line 68 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 31W · Line 68
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)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- May 24, 1948
- Home of record
- Trout Run, Pennsylvania (Lycoming County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 26, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
61 names on the Wall carry the date February 26, 1969; he was the only one lost in Tây Ninh Province that day. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 100 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 31W, Line 68
- DAVID CHARLES M JACKSONSpecialist Five · February 26, 1969
- RONALD DEE JEWELLSergeant · February 26, 1969
- RICHARD MICHAEL JOHNSONSpecialist Four · February 26, 1969
- SAMMY EDWARD KINNAMONSpecialist Four · February 26, 1969
From Trout Run
- WILLIAM JACK EISENHOWERSergeant · May 12, 1968
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.