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JIMMY RUSSELL LIPE
Corporal · U.S. Army
January 13, 1949 – October 27, 1968
Service recordJimmy Russell Lipe, of Asheville, North Carolina, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on October 27, 1968, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 40W, Line 44 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 40W · Line 44
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Construction Equipment Repairer (62B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- January 13, 1949
- Home of record
- Asheville, North Carolina (Buncombe County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 27, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
35 names on the Wall carry the date October 27, 1968; three of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In October 1968, 821 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 35 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 40W, Line 44
- NOBLE THOMAS HEADSpecialist Four · October 27, 1968
- LARRY DELANO HOSFORDMajor · October 27, 1968
- ARLEN JOHN HUNTERSpecialist Four · October 27, 1968
- DOUGLAS CLEMENS KLOSESpecialist Four · October 27, 1968
Same unit, same day
- THOMAS ARTHUR BIDDULPHFirst Lieutenant · Panel 40W, Line 41
From Asheville
- DON JOSEPH YORKCaptain · July 14, 1962
- CARL EDWARD MCBEELance Corporal · June 6, 1965
- ULYSSES ALFORDStaff Sergeant · July 9, 1966
- JAMES E PAYTONSergeant · January 8, 1967
- JOHNNY LEE BRUTONPrivate First Class · January 12, 1967
- EVERETTE EUGENE HARDINGPrivate First Class · March 21, 1967
- WILLIAM WINIFRED YOUNG JRPrivate First Class · June 15, 1967
- FLOYD HOLIFIELD JRFirst Lieutenant · July 7, 1967
- WILLIAM T EDGERTON JRSergeant · October 12, 1967
- MAURICE STEPHEN ELLISSpecialist Four · October 17, 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.