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JOSEPH PRICE LIPTON
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
February 3, 1949 – May 1, 1967
Service recordJoseph Price Lipton, of Floral Park, New York, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 1, 1967, offshore, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 19E, Line 6 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19E · Line 6
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- February 3, 1949
- Home of record
- Floral Park, New York (Nassau County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 1, 1967
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Offshore
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
34 names on the Wall carry the date May 1, 1967. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 19E, Line 6
- LAURENCE ALAN INSELSergeant · May 1, 1967
- CHARLES CLIFTON JONESMajor · May 1, 1967
- JOHN DUANE LEGGSecond Lieutenant · May 1, 1967
- CHARLES EUGENE MILLERSpecialist Four · May 1, 1967
From Floral Park
- JOEL BARRY WARSHAWSKYCorporal · September 22, 1967
- KENNETH WILLIAM TAPPE JRSpecialist Four · October 31, 1967
- MICHAEL ALBERICILance Corporal · August 24, 1968
- JOHN JOSEPH STAHLPrivate First Class · February 23, 1969
- LEONARD CHARLES LEESERCaptain · January 28, 1970
- ALIN EMILE NORRISPrivate First Class · April 30, 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.