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LESTER WARREN ALIPIO
Sergeant · U.S. Army
November 27, 1949 – February 18, 1971
Service recordLester Warren Alipio, of Hakalau, Hawaii, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on February 18, 1971, in Vinh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 5W, Line 114 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5W · Line 114
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
- Technical Drafting Specialist (81B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- November 27, 1949
- Home of record
- Hakalau, Hawaii (Hawaii County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 18, 1971
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Vinh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Stroke
Context · from the records
What was happening
27 names on the Wall carry the date February 18, 1971; he was the only one lost in Vinh Long Province that day. In February 1971, 387 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM”, his unit in the record, lost 68 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 5W, Line 114
- WILLIAM R HIGGINBOTHAMSpecialist Four · February 17, 1971
- JAMES EARL AUSTINMaster Sergeant · February 18, 1971
- RICHARD THOMAS BAKERStaff Sergeant · February 18, 1971
- GEORGE PHILLIP BERGChief Warrant Officer 2 · February 18, 1971
Same unit, same day
- JAMES EARL AUSTINMaster Sergeant · Panel 5W, Line 114
- JOSEPH GORDON BROWNChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 5W, Line 115
- DONALD GENE GIBLERSpecialist Four · Panel 5W, Line 115
- EARLEY CARTER GRACEPrivate First Class · Panel 5W, Line 116
- COLEY LEE KENDALLSergeant · Panel 5W, Line 116
From Hakalau
- BOBBY JOHN BARCENASpecialist Four · February 27, 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.