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LENNY MAURICE TIPPETS
Sergeant · U.S. Army
August 19, 1950 – May 7, 1970
Service recordLenny Maurice Tippets, of Ogden, Utah, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 7, 1970, in Binh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 11W, Line 128 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11W · Line 128
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Air Traffic Controller Radar Controller (93J)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- August 19, 1950
- Home of record
- Ogden, Utah (Weber County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 7, 1970
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Binh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
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 Binh 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 128
- GARY PHILIP RADERSpecialist Four · May 7, 1970
- JOSEPH VERN REDMONDStaff Sergeant · May 7, 1970
- ROBERT PORTER SHEPPARDWarrant Officer 1 · May 7, 1970
- WILLIAM THOMAS WADDELLStaff 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
- JOSEPH PIPPENBACHSergeant · Panel 11W, Line 127
From Ogden
- DARREL L PRICESpecialist Four · January 10, 1967
- LYNN ELMO HUNTERSergeant · February 26, 1967
- RANDOLPH BUCK WARDPrivate First Class · March 14, 1967
- RONALD LEE JOHNSONFirst Lieutenant · April 10, 1967
- VERNE DEWITT JOHNSON IIIPrivate First Class · October 27, 1967
- JOSEPH GARY VOGRINECPrivate First Class · January 29, 1968
- ROBERT KENT HORSPOOLPrivate First Class · March 31, 1968
- BRENT F WARDLance Corporal · May 6, 1968
- LAWRENCE FREDRICK BONDFirst Lieutenant · June 9, 1968
- FRANKLIN JOE HINERCaptain · June 25, 1968
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.