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JAMES LELAND SIPES
Major · U.S. Air Force
June 12, 1937 – May 10, 1969
Service recordJames Leland Sipes, of Kansas City, Missouri, served as a Major in the U.S. Air Force. He died on May 10, 1969, in South Vietnam, at age 31. His name is inscribed on Panel 25W, Line 46 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 25W · Line 46
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Major (MAJ)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- June 12, 1937
- Home of record
- Kansas City, Missouri (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 10, 1969
- Age
- 31
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
61 names on the Wall carry the date May 10, 1969. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 25W, Line 46
- EDWARD ARNOLD BARLOWSpecialist Five · May 11, 1969
- MILLS BEALE IIISergeant First Class · May 11, 1969
- MALCOLM FRANK BELLSpecialist Four · May 11, 1969
- RONALD JAMES CARTERPrivate First Class · May 11, 1969
- GARY GENE DAGLEYSpecialist Four · May 11, 1969
From Kansas City
- PATRICK PEARSE MANNINGPrivate First Class · July 30, 1965
- FRANK ALLEN GIVENPrivate First Class · August 24, 1965
- MICHAEL STEVENS HARRISPrivate First Class · December 9, 1965
- LESTER A ROGERSFirst Lieutenant · February 28, 1966
- JEROME NIXONPrivate First Class · March 23, 1966
- CHARLES R LAWHONWarrant Officer 1 · May 6, 1966
- JAMES PAUL DEBRULERPrivate First Class · May 21, 1966
- DAYTON WILLIAM RAGLANDColonel · May 31, 1966
- ROBERT WILLIAM PECKPrivate First Class · July 10, 1966
- EUGENE JOLLYSpecialist Five · July 11, 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.