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ROBERT ERNEST SIPE
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
May 9, 1941 – September 23, 1967
Service recordRobert Ernest Sipe, of Dover, New Jersey, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on September 23, 1967, in Vinh Binh Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 27E, Line 3 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27E · Line 3
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 Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Medical Specialist (91B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- May 9, 1941
- Home of record
- Dover, New Jersey (Morris County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 23, 1967
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Vinh Binh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
Ten names on the Wall carry the date September 23, 1967; he was the only one lost in Vinh Binh Province that day. In September 1967, 929 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 5 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 27E, Line 3
- LARRY JAMES HIGHPrivate First Class · September 23, 1967
- LASZLO HOLOVITSStaff Sergeant · September 23, 1967
- ARNOLD GARY KRAVITZAirman Second Class · September 23, 1967
- CECIL A MEARESSergeant First Class · September 23, 1967
- PAUL LEE PRICECorporal · September 23, 1967
From Dover
- HARLAN CARL RILKCorporal · September 16, 1967
- ALLEN WALTER VANDERHOOFCorporal · May 21, 1968
- WILLIAM FRANCIS BRICE JRSergeant · May 27, 1968
- JOHN B PETERSON JRSpecialist Four · March 10, 1969
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.