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GUS PIPPINS
Sergeant First Class · U.S. Army
December 15, 1928 – September 25, 1970
Service recordGus Pippins, of New York, New York, served as a Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on September 25, 1970, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 41. His name is inscribed on Panel 7W, Line 90 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7W · Line 90
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 First Class (SFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Combat Engineer (12B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- AMERICAL DIV
- Born
- December 15, 1928
- Home of record
- New York, New York (Kings County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 25, 1970
- Age
- 41
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
15 names on the Wall carry the date September 25, 1970; four of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In September 1970, 364 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The Americal Division, his unit in the record, lost 26 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 7W, Line 90
- HERMAN LANCASTER JRCorporal · September 25, 1970
- CARROLL STEVEN PLUMSpecialist Four · September 25, 1970
- BRUCE EDWARD THOMASSpecialist Four · September 25, 1970
- ROBERT BLANE WIRKSSergeant · September 25, 1970
Same unit, same day
- ALFRED LEE BRADLEYSergeant · Panel 7W, Line 88
- CHARLES MAURY HALLSTROMFirst Lieutenant · Panel 7W, Line 89
- BRUCE EDWARD THOMASSpecialist Four · Panel 7W, Line 90
- DALE STEWART CHAMBERLAINSpecialist Four · Panel 7W, Line 91
From New York
- WALTER R MCCARTHY JRCaptain · June 16, 1962
- JOHN HOWARD MCCLEANCaptain · August 16, 1963
- DONALD ALLAN MOLLICONEFirst Lieutenant · December 20, 1963
- VINCENT JOSEPH HICKMANCaptain · January 14, 1964
- MARTIN STOCKFEDERPrivate First Class · July 15, 1964
- ROBERT GEORGE ARMSTRONGFirst Lieutenant · October 24, 1964
- DOMINICK SANSONESergeant First Class · December 10, 1964
- DONALD GILBERT COOKColonel · December 31, 1964
- TERENCE MEREDITH MURPHYLieutenant (junior grade) · April 9, 1965
- ROBERT CARL WISTRANDColonel · May 9, 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.