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ERNEST GERALD PIPKIN
Sergeant · U.S. Army
February 21, 1940 – October 13, 1966
Service recordErnest Gerald Pipkin, of Memphis, Tennessee, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on October 13, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 11E, Line 72 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11E · Line 72
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Artillery Communications Chief (31H)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- February 21, 1940
- Home of record
- Memphis, Tennessee (Shelby County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 13, 1966
- Age
- 26
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date October 13, 1966. In October 1966, 516 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 7 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 11E, Line 72
- WILLIAM JOSEPH COXPrivate First Class · October 13, 1966
- JOE LUIS RONJESergeant · October 13, 1966
- DAREL LEE SILLSSpecialist Four · October 13, 1966
- GEORGE MICHAEL SMYRYCHYNSKICorporal · October 13, 1966
From Memphis
- JESSE ALEXANDER GRAYSergeant First Class · June 12, 1964
- ANDREW DAYTON PARKER JRMajor · June 18, 1965
- JOHN CARLOS HARRISSergeant · July 21, 1965
- WALTER LEWIS SMITHPrivate First Class · August 19, 1965
- CLAUDE TALBERT JRPrivate First Class · October 8, 1965
- WILLIAM CLYDE HARPERSergeant · October 10, 1965
- DANIEL DAVID HARDENSergeant · November 1, 1965
- RANDLE TOM WOODSLance Corporal · November 6, 1965
- KELLY EUGENE WHITAKERPrivate First Class · November 8, 1965
- MELVIN FRANK FORTSpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
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.