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ROBERT DUANE SHIPMAN
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
October 29, 1943 – March 6, 1970
Service recordRobert Duane Shipman, of Danville, Illinois, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on March 6, 1970, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 13W, Line 89 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13W · Line 89
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- October 29, 1943
- Home of record
- Danville, Illinois (Vermilion County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 6, 1970
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date March 6, 1970; two of them were lost in Bình Định 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 13W, Line 89
- OSSIE RICHARDSONPrivate · March 6, 1970
- JERRY WILLIAM RUSSELLSergeant · March 6, 1970
- WILLIE DOUGLAS STEPHENSMaster Sergeant · March 6, 1970
- FRANCIS LOUIS WARE IIICorporal · March 6, 1970
From Danville
- THOMAS EDWARD BROWNLieutenant (junior grade) · April 29, 1966
- WALTER PHILIP JACKSONPetty Officer Third Class · August 10, 1966
- ROBERT FRANCIS ENDERBYLance Corporal · June 7, 1967
- ROBERT CARL SHERMANSergeant · June 24, 1967
- JOHN WILLIAM DAVISPrivate First Class · July 4, 1967
- KENNETH RALPH MCALLISTERPrivate First Class · March 14, 1968
- PERRY DICKEN JRLance Corporal · April 11, 1968
- CECIL LAVON RENDERSpecialist Four · April 18, 1968
- JOHN ALLEN GOLDSBERY IIPrivate First Class · June 3, 1968
- HARRY STANLEY MASON JRSpecialist Four · November 9, 1970
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.