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ROBERT VINCENT SIPE
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
October 22, 1947 – October 1, 1967
Service recordRobert Vincent Sipe, of Plattsburgh, New York, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on October 1, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 27E, Line 37 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27E · Line 37
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Air Delivery Man (7141)
- Born
- October 22, 1947
- Home of record
- Plattsburgh, New York (Clinton County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 1, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
13 names on the Wall carry the date October 1, 1967; four of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In October 1967, 906 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 27E, Line 37
- PATRICK JOSEPH BROPHYCaptain · October 1, 1967
- ROBERT GONZALES MONTOYAPrivate First Class · October 1, 1967
- AUBREY G PARKPrivate First Class · October 1, 1967
- BILLY LEE SNIPESPrivate First Class · October 1, 1967
From Plattsburgh
- CARL JOSEPH LATOURSpecialist Four · June 24, 1966
- EUGENE EDWARD BONNETTStaff Sergeant · December 14, 1966
- THOMAS EDWARD TOWNSLEYPrivate · January 5, 1967
- MICHAEL FRANCIS CONLEYCorporal · May 31, 1967
- ROBERT CHARLES WALLACEPrivate First Class · September 6, 1967
- WILLIAM ALBERT ASPINALLCorporal · September 13, 1967
- ALBERT WAYNE CUDWORTHPrivate First Class · April 3, 1968
- GENE ALFRED LABOUNTYLance Corporal · May 20, 1968
- WILLIAM CLAYTON WRAYPrivate First Class · September 23, 1968
- EDWARD FREDERICK BROWN JRPrivate First Class · February 12, 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.