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MELVIN LIPSCOMB
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
August 9, 1945 – March 14, 1967
Service recordMelvin Lipscomb, of College Park, Georgia, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on March 14, 1967, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 16E, Line 80 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16E · Line 80
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 Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- August 9, 1945
- Home of record
- College Park, Georgia (Clayton County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 14, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date March 14, 1967; 16 of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In March 1967, 1,091 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 145 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 16E, Line 80
- ROGER SCOTT KOHUTPrivate First Class · March 14, 1967
- WILLIAM KUHNEPrivate First Class · March 14, 1967
- LARRY RICHARD LUMPKINSPrivate First Class · March 14, 1967
- ANGEL MANUEL SANCHEZSpecialist Five · March 14, 1967
Same unit, same day
- LESLIE PAUL BERNSTEINSpecialist Four · Panel 16E, Line 75
- MARSHALL EDWARD CLEMENTSSpecialist Four · Panel 16E, Line 76
- JAMES ALLEN CRANPrivate First Class · Panel 16E, Line 76
- JAMES BARTON CUMMINGS JRSergeant · Panel 16E, Line 77
- ANIBAL DEJESUS-SANCHEZPrivate First Class · Panel 16E, Line 77
- FRED NEWTON HANSHEW JRStaff Sergeant · Panel 16E, Line 78
- MATTHEW HIGGINSPrivate First Class · Panel 16E, Line 78
- ROBERT WILSON HILLSergeant · Panel 16E, Line 78
- EDWIN NEWLIN HOLLOWAY IIIPrivate First Class · Panel 16E, Line 79
- ROGER SCOTT KOHUTPrivate First Class · Panel 16E, Line 80
- WILLIAM KUHNEPrivate First Class · Panel 16E, Line 80
- LARRY RICHARD LUMPKINSPrivate First Class · Panel 16E, Line 80
- WILLIAM CALVIN PEARCE IVPrivate First Class · Panel 16E, Line 81
- CLARENCE EDWARD ROLLENPrivate First Class · Panel 16E, Line 82
- CHARLES PATRICK TERHUNEPrivate First Class · Panel 16E, Line 82
- RANDOLPH BUCK WARDPrivate First Class · Panel 16E, Line 82
- DAVID ELMER WELCHStaff Sergeant · Panel 16E, Line 82
- STEVEN RICHARD WITHERSPrivate First Class · Panel 16E, Line 83
From College Park
- JOHNNY F LONGWarrant Officer 1 · July 19, 1966
- JERRY GORDON WALLERLance Corporal · May 26, 1967
- ROCKE DARRELL RAMSEYLance Corporal · August 22, 1967
- ROBERT JERRY PADGETTCorporal · October 7, 1967
- JOHNNY RAY BRYSONSpecialist Four · January 7, 1968
- MARVIN LACY MAYOCorporal · March 26, 1968
- KENNETH DOUGLAS SMITHSpecialist Four · June 14, 1968
- PHILIP WARREN WEAVERCorporal · August 26, 1968
- JOSEPH ADRIAN BISHOPMajor · September 19, 1968
- DAN BAKER NORTONPetty Officer First Class · September 28, 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.