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JOSEPH PIPPENBACH
Sergeant · U.S. Army
July 18, 1943 – May 7, 1970
Service recordJoseph Pippenbach, of Pleasantville, New Jersey, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 7, 1970, in Phuoc Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 11W, Line 127 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11W · Line 127
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- July 18, 1943
- Home of record
- Pleasantville, New Jersey (Atlantic County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 7, 1970
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Phuoc Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
46 names on the Wall carry the date May 7, 1970; he was the only one lost in Phuoc Long Province that day. In May 1970, 917 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 127 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 11W, Line 127
- RAYMOND DONALD MARECKCorporal · May 7, 1970
- WILLIAM ALLEN PEYTONSpecialist Five · May 7, 1970
- ROBERT CRAIN PHLEGERSergeant · May 7, 1970
- CHARLES DONALD PLUMB JRStaff Sergeant · May 7, 1970
Same unit, same day
- WILLIE DEWITT ARMSSergeant · Panel 11W, Line 120
- PAUL ALIPIO BAPTISTASergeant · Panel 11W, Line 120
- FRANCISCO PENA DELGADOCorporal · Panel 11W, Line 122
- WILLIAM ERAY HOWELLSergeant · Panel 11W, Line 124
- KENNETH BRUCE KENDALLSergeant · Panel 11W, Line 125
- RICHARD SMITH KENDRICKPrivate First Class · Panel 11W, Line 125
- DENNIS DELMAR KIGERStaff Sergeant · Panel 11W, Line 125
- RAYMOND DONALD MARECKCorporal · Panel 11W, Line 127
- LENNY MAURICE TIPPETSSergeant · Panel 11W, Line 128
From Pleasantville
- JOSEPH DAVID PUGGISergeant First Class · February 2, 1968
- JAMES PATRICK MCCOLLUMCaptain · May 23, 1968
- GEORGE AUSTIN CARNEYSpecialist Four · August 21, 1968
- HARRY JOHN JACKSON JRPrivate First Class · November 11, 1969
- CHARLIE WILLIAM TAYLORLance Corporal · August 17, 1970
- ALBERT ELWOOD METTINGERSergeant First Class · October 7, 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.