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JOHN EDWARD TIPTON
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
May 1, 1949 – March 1, 1969
Service recordJohn Edward Tipton, of Pennsauken, New Jersey, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on March 1, 1969, in Darlac Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 30W, Line 8 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 30W · Line 8
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Basic (13A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 FIELD FORCE
- Born
- May 1, 1949
- Home of record
- Pennsauken, New Jersey (Camden County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 1, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Darlac
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
51 names on the Wall carry the date March 1, 1969; he was the only one lost in Darlac Province that day. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 FIELD FORCE”, his unit in the record, lost 7 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 30W, Line 8
- STEVEN REY SEGURASpecialist Four · March 1, 1969
- ALVIN CARNALL TOOMBS JRPrivate First Class · March 1, 1969
- WILBERT MICHAEL WEBSTERPrivate First Class · March 1, 1969
- MOUNCE EDWARD WESTPrivate First Class · March 1, 1969
From Pennsauken
- RICHARD PATTERSONWarrant Officer 1 · March 22, 1967
- JAMES MICHAEL ESPOSITOCorporal · October 25, 1968
- JOSEPH LEONARD HESSON IIIPrivate First Class · August 10, 1969
- THOMAS LEOPOLD BUSCH IIILance Corporal · August 21, 1969
- ANTHONY J PIERSANTI JRLieutenant (junior grade) · December 15, 1970
- THOMAS CRAIG MILLERPrivate First Class · February 1, 1971
- FRANK JOSEPH KOHLMYERStaff Sergeant · February 18, 1971
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.