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MICHAEL GLENN LIPSIUS
Private First Class · U.S. Army
May 7, 1948 – April 19, 1968
Service recordMichael Glenn Lipsius, of Santa Clara, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on April 19, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 50E, Line 49 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 50E · Line 49
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- May 7, 1948
- Home of record
- Santa Clara, California (Santa Clara County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 19, 1968
- 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
67 names on the Wall carry the date April 19, 1968; 25 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 134 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 50E, Line 49
- JOHN LEE KOEBKESpecialist Four · April 19, 1968
- PAUL NOBLE LARSONWarrant Officer 1 · April 19, 1968
- ARTHUR JAMES LORDMajor · April 19, 1968
- CARLOS ALBERTO MARCANOCorporal · April 19, 1968
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT EUGENE GARDNERSpecialist Four · Panel 50E, Line 46
- ARTHUR JAMES LORDMajor · Panel 50E, Line 49
- WALTER FRANCIS E MATIS JRSergeant · Panel 50E, Line 50
- CHARLES WORTH MILLARDChief Warrant Officer 4 · Panel 50E, Line 50
- CHARLES J HARRINGTONWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 50E, Line 51
- DAVID JON NESSETFirst Lieutenant · Panel 50E, Line 51
- CURTIS RAY RILEYPrivate First Class · Panel 51E, Line 1
- CLIFFORD LLOYD SELLPrivate First Class · Panel 51E, Line 2
- PHILIP RAYMOND SHAFERSpecialist Six · Panel 51E, Line 2
- MICHAEL JOHN WALLACESergeant First Class · Panel 51E, Line 2
- MICHAEL RAY WERDEHOFFMaster Sergeant · Panel 51E, Line 4
- JOHN EDWARD WILBURNSpecialist Four · Panel 51E, Line 4
From Santa Clara
- DAVID LEE ROSELance Corporal · July 17, 1965
- GREGG ERWIN REEDSeaman · September 28, 1966
- DARWIN JOEL THOMASEnsign · October 14, 1966
- JOHN PAUL FRANKELStaff Sergeant · November 4, 1966
- KEITH LLOYD BENSONSpecialist Four · October 31, 1967
- ROBERT KIYOSHI KAWAMURAStaff Sergeant · February 15, 1968
- KENNETH MICHAEL SHANNONCaptain · February 18, 1968
- ROBERT WARREN HARDESTYSpecialist Four · March 16, 1968
- TERRENCE JOHN BELLOMOPrivate First Class · March 21, 1968
- FREDRIC BRUCE DAVISSpecialist Four · January 14, 1973
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.