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HENRY LEE PIPPIN
Sergeant Major · U.S. Army
August 14, 1931 – August 8, 1969
Service recordHenry Lee Pippin, of Hilliard, Florida, served as a Sergeant Major in the U.S. Army. He died on August 8, 1969, in South Vietnam, at age 37. His name is inscribed on Panel 20W, Line 115 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20W · Line 115
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant Major (SGM)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Finance Senior Sergeant (73Z)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- August 14, 1931
- Home of record
- Hilliard, Florida (Nassau County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 8, 1969
- Age
- 37
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Heart Related
Context · from the records
What was happening
27 names on the Wall carry the date August 8, 1969. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 18 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 20W, Line 115
- MICHAEL HARRIS PAINTERPetty Officer First Class · August 8, 1969
- MANUEL FRANCISCO PARRASergeant · August 8, 1969
- GEORGE WASHINGTON PIERCESergeant First Class · August 8, 1969
- STANLEY ROBERT RAJALACorporal · August 8, 1969
From Hilliard
- DAVID STUART TAYLOR JRCorporal · October 28, 1968
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.