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JAY C TIPTON
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
August 16, 1946 – November 22, 1966
Service recordJay C Tipton, of Newport, Kentucky, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on November 22, 1966, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 12E, Line 110 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12E · Line 110
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- August 16, 1946
- Home of record
- Newport, Kentucky (Campbell County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 22, 1966
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
13 names on the Wall carry the date November 22, 1966; he was the only one lost in Quảng Ngãi Province that day. In November 1966, 641 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 12E, Line 110
- ROY ROGERS ROARKPrivate First Class · November 22, 1966
- ALOYSIUS JOHN STUHLPrivate First Class · November 22, 1966
- DENNIS NEIL WILLIAMSHospitalman Apprentice · November 22, 1966
- GORDON SCOTT WILSONMajor · November 22, 1966
From Newport
- CHARLES MARSHALL BRADFORDPrivate First Class · October 4, 1966
- CHARLES FREDERICK SWOPECaptain · November 9, 1966
- GARY STEPHEN JORDANPrivate First Class · February 24, 1967
- EDWARD ARTHUR SMITHPrivate First Class · June 17, 1967
- CLARENCE HALLSpecialist Four · November 20, 1967
- PATRICK EARL BLAGGPrivate First Class · April 12, 1969
- TROY EVERETT POWELLLance Corporal · May 2, 1969
- JOHN EDWARD COTTINGHAMPrivate · September 23, 1969
- THOMAS JOSEPH BERNINGLance Corporal · June 2, 1970
- GARY LEE SCHNEIDERStaff Sergeant · July 14, 1970
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.