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LORNE JAY SIPPERLEY
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
March 19, 1945 – April 27, 1969
Service recordLorne Jay Sipperley, of Grand Rapids, Michigan, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on April 27, 1969, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 26W, Line 67 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 26W · Line 67
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 Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Armor Crewman (11E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 ARMORED CAV
- Born
- March 19, 1945
- Home of record
- Grand Rapids, Michigan (Kent County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 27, 1969
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
45 names on the Wall carry the date April 27, 1969; four of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In April 1969, 1,023 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “11 ARMORED CAV”, his unit in the record, lost 36 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 26W, Line 67
- CHARLES EDWARD REDDSergeant First Class · April 27, 1969
- PHILIP THOMAS REGAN JRSergeant · April 27, 1969
- LESLEY STEVEN REITERSergeant · April 27, 1969
- GARY ROY SMITHSpecialist Four · April 27, 1969
Same unit, same day
- BERTRAND JAHN DACEYCaptain · Panel 26W, Line 61
- JEFFERY ARNOLD HARVEYSpecialist Four · Panel 26W, Line 63
- PHILLIP SHERMAN MOHNIKEChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 26W, Line 65
From Grand Rapids
- MILLARD RUSSELL VALERIUSCaptain · May 28, 1965
- ROBERT JEROME MORONEYCaptain · December 14, 1965
- HERMAN LEROY HUEYSergeant · February 7, 1966
- DONALD BRUCE ADAMSONSecond Lieutenant · February 23, 1966
- JERRY EMMET PARKSPrivate First Class · March 5, 1966
- DAVID ORIN BAILEYPrivate First Class · April 8, 1966
- GARY SCOTT FERGUSONPrivate First Class · August 3, 1966
- DAVID LAWRENCE FAUGHTPrivate First Class · August 10, 1966
- EVERETTE ARTHUR THOMPSONPrivate First Class · August 10, 1966
- MATTHEW GEORGE MIEDEMAPrivate First Class · August 25, 1966
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.