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J RANDALL GIPE
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
November 11, 1944 – January 6, 1966
Service recordJ Randall Gipe, of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on January 6, 1966, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 4E, Line 55 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4E · Line 55
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
- Field Radio Operator (2531)
- Unit (as recorded)
- C CO 3 AT BN 3 MARDIV
- Born
- November 11, 1944
- Home of record
- Harrisburg, Pennsylvania (Dauphin County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 6, 1966
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
One name on the Wall carry the date January 6, 1966; he was the only one lost in Quảng Nam Province that day. In January 1966, 401 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 4E, Line 55
- JOSEPH EDWARD HETZER JRSpecialist Five · January 5, 1966
- WALLACE KINGSLEY SINERCaptain · January 5, 1966
- CLYDE DAVID TAYLORFirst Lieutenant · January 5, 1966
- JUAN BORJA VALTIERRALance Corporal · January 5, 1966
From Harrisburg
- DONALD RICHARD TAYLORPrivate First Class · February 9, 1964
- MARLIN E MCCAHANCaptain · June 24, 1964
- SAMUEL LEE MCDONALDPrivate First Class · November 15, 1965
- JOHN JOSEPH PALUSCIOPrivate First Class · January 30, 1966
- ERNST PHILIP KIEFEL JRColonel · February 10, 1966
- BILLY ALBERT THOMPSONSergeant First Class · April 24, 1966
- STANLEY LOUIS HORWITZPrivate First Class · October 21, 1966
- JERRY POTTSCorporal · November 26, 1966
- OWEN FRANCIS NEUMYERSergeant · December 10, 1966
- RICHARD ELWOOD FINKCorporal · January 7, 1967
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.