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GORDON PHILLIP GIPNER
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
November 15, 1948 – February 26, 1969
Service recordGordon Phillip Gipner, of Grand Rapids, Michigan, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on February 26, 1969, in Kien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 31W, Line 67 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 31W · Line 67
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Heavy Anti-Armor Weapons Infantryman (11H)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- November 15, 1948
- Home of record
- Grand Rapids, Michigan (Kent County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 26, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Kien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
61 names on the Wall carry the date February 26, 1969; three of them were lost in Kien Hoa Province. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 85 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 31W, Line 67
- JERRY RAY FRAZIERPrivate First Class · February 26, 1969
- MICHAEL JAMES FRENCLPrivate First Class · February 26, 1969
- MANUEL GONZALESPrivate First Class · February 26, 1969
- LEON RUSSELL GOODALE JRSpecialist Five · February 26, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JOSEPH KENNETH CARROLLPrivate First Class · Panel 31W, Line 64
- DAVID GUY CUMMINGSSpecialist Four · Panel 31W, Line 65
- WARREN G H LIZOTTE JRSpecialist Four · Panel 31W, Line 69
From Grand Rapids
- MILLARD RUSSELL VALERIUSCaptain · May 28, 1965
- ROBERT JEROME MORONEYCaptain · December 14, 1965
- HERMAN LEROY HUEYSergeant · February 7, 1966
- DONALD BRUCE ADAMSONSecond Lieutenant · February 23, 1966
- JERRY EMMET PARKSPrivate First Class · March 5, 1966
- DAVID ORIN BAILEYPrivate First Class · April 8, 1966
- GARY SCOTT FERGUSONPrivate First Class · August 3, 1966
- DAVID LAWRENCE FAUGHTPrivate First Class · August 10, 1966
- EVERETTE ARTHUR THOMPSONPrivate First Class · August 10, 1966
- MATTHEW GEORGE MIEDEMAPrivate First Class · August 25, 1966
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.