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LYNWOOD AUSTIN TIPTON
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
August 17, 1947 – March 6, 1967
Service recordLynwood Austin Tipton, of Panama City, Florida, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on March 6, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 16E, Line 32 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16E · Line 32
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- August 17, 1947
- Home of record
- Panama City, Florida (Bay County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 6, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
36 names on the Wall carry the date March 6, 1967; 13 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In March 1967, 1,091 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 16E, Line 32
- ROBERT NICOLAS STAUDSeaman · March 6, 1967
- HARRY EDWARD TAYLORPrivate First Class · March 6, 1967
- THOMAS CECIL TUCKERPrivate First Class · March 6, 1967
- WAYNE DOUGLAS WAGNERPrivate First Class · March 6, 1967
From Panama City
- ROBERT OWEN CANTRELLSpecialist Four · February 11, 1966
- ANDREW HERMAN HODGEStaff Sergeant · November 1, 1966
- KENNETH ARTHUR CULLENSecond Lieutenant · April 9, 1967
- DAVID ALFRED LANDLance Corporal · June 7, 1967
- ARDENIA FREEMANPrivate First Class · November 6, 1967
- SHIRLEY WILDY JRLance Corporal · May 28, 1968
- LEROY DIGSBYCorporal · June 10, 1968
- WALTER ROY MCKEEPrivate First Class · August 31, 1968
- RAYMOND LEE JANSENIUSSpecialist Five · October 30, 1968
- JERRY NIXON SCOTTStaff Sergeant · November 24, 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.