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RICHARD EARL SIPES
Private First Class · U.S. Army
October 16, 1946 – December 29, 1966
Service recordRichard Earl Sipes, of Chula Vista, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on December 29, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 13E, Line 100 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13E · Line 100
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Medical Equipment Repairer (91A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- October 16, 1946
- Home of record
- Chula Vista, California (San Diego County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 29, 1966
- Age
- 20
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
33 names on the Wall carry the date December 29, 1966. In December 1966, 533 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 117 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 13E, Line 100
- JAMES THOMAS RENZPrivate First Class · December 29, 1966
- CLAUDE BENJAMIN RUSH JRStaff Sergeant · December 29, 1966
- DENNIS GUY SCHLOTTCorporal · December 29, 1966
- JACK LEON SHAFFERSergeant · December 29, 1966
Same unit, same day
- LUECO ALLEN JRPrivate First Class · Panel 13E, Line 95
- JOHN L HOLSTEINPlatoon Sergeant · Panel 13E, Line 98
- ROBERT GORDON PETRIMOULXPrivate First Class · Panel 13E, Line 99
From Chula Vista
- PAUL ARTHUR WILDAUERLieutenant Commander · March 2, 1964
- RICHARD BRIGHTPrivate · July 21, 1966
- CHARLES LEE MYERSSergeant · February 13, 1967
- WILSON E BIBLER JRSpecialist Four · February 24, 1967
- EDWIN EARL COOPERHospitalman · February 24, 1967
- JOHN IGNATIUS HIGGINS JRHospitalman · October 14, 1967
- RICHARD D WEEDERSpecialist Five · October 17, 1967
- JAMES RICHARD BIERNACKISergeant · March 14, 1968
- RAYMOND OMER KINCANNONCaptain · April 1, 1968
- ARTHUR BOBBITTCorporal · April 14, 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.