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RAYMOND SIDNEY KIPP
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
June 2, 1948 – March 17, 1970
Service recordRaymond Sidney Kipp, of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on March 17, 1970, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 12W, Line 13 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12W · Line 13
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- June 2, 1948
- Home of record
- Oklahoma City, Oklahoma (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 17, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date March 17, 1970; nine of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In March 1970, 625 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 24 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 12W, Line 13
- JAMES MICHAEL GRIBBINCaptain · March 17, 1970
- DOUGLAS GREGORY HOWESCorporal · March 17, 1970
- MICHAEL CHARLES JACKSONCorporal · March 17, 1970
- DAVID RUSSEL KRUEGERCorporal · March 17, 1970
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT FLOYD DICECorporal · Panel 12W, Line 12
- RICHARD ALLEN MOHRSergeant · Panel 12W, Line 14
From Oklahoma City
- LAVESTER LEE WILLIAMSCaptain · March 23, 1963
- GORDON RICHARD BROWNCaptain · October 24, 1963
- CHARLES KENNETH SIDESLance Corporal · March 26, 1965
- FRANK PETER WATSONCaptain · June 18, 1965
- LARRY DREW HARVEYCorporal · October 3, 1965
- GARY HOWARD JONESPrivate First Class · October 14, 1965
- GEORGE RAY THOMPSONSergeant · December 12, 1965
- JEFF GOUDEAU JRPrivate First Class · December 13, 1965
- GARY RAY ARTMANSpecialist Four · February 18, 1966
- JERRY D LEWISSpecialist Four · March 16, 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.