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FORBIS PIPKIN DURANT JR
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
May 17, 1945 – March 10, 1968
Service recordForbis Pipkin Durant JR, of Atoka, Oklahoma, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on March 10, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 44E, Line 6 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 44E · Line 6
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Engineer Equipment Operator (1345)
- Born
- May 17, 1945
- Home of record
- Atoka, Oklahoma (Atoka County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 10, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
46 names on the Wall carry the date March 10, 1968; three of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In March 1968, 1,767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in Quảng Nam Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 44E, Line 6
- ROBERT EDMUND COCHRANStaff Sergeant · March 10, 1968
- ROBERT WILLIAM EAGLESONCorporal · March 10, 1968
- GEORGE FREDERICK EDWARDSLance Corporal · March 10, 1968
- CHARLES DALE FLOODSpecialist Four · March 10, 1968
From Atoka
- DEAN EDWARD ARMSTRONGGunnery Sergeant · May 13, 1967
- BENNY JOE LEWISSpecialist Four · May 18, 1968
- DANNY LEO EVANSPrivate First Class · August 10, 1970
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.