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FRANK MEADOWS PIPKIN
Sergeant · U.S. Army
April 10, 1935 – February 4, 1967
Service recordFrank Meadows Pipkin, of Blythe, California, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on February 4, 1967, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 31. His name is inscribed on Panel 14E, Line 119 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14E · Line 119
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- April 10, 1935
- Home of record
- Blythe, California (Riverside County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 4, 1967
- Age
- 31
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date February 4, 1967; he was the only one lost in Hua Nghia Province that day. In February 1967, 767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 63 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 14E, Line 119
- RUSSELL ARDEN POORLieutenant Colonel · February 4, 1967
- ROBERT LAURENCE SHAFERCorporal · February 4, 1967
- CHARLES MURRY SHELTONPrivate First Class · February 4, 1967
- EDWARD FRANCIS SMITHPrivate First Class · February 4, 1967
Same unit, same day
- FRANKLIN BRUCE WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · Panel 14E, Line 120
From Blythe
- EDWIN RAYMOND EASONCaptain · November 19, 1964
- GENE DOUGLAS KILLGORELance Corporal · February 10, 1968
- ARTHUR TERRY GALLAGHERCorporal · December 12, 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.