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RONALD WAYNE SIPKA
Sergeant · U.S. Army
November 3, 1948 – June 10, 1970
Service recordRonald Wayne Sipka, of Chicago, Illinois, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on June 10, 1970, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 9W, Line 41 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9W · Line 41
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- November 3, 1948
- Home of record
- Chicago, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 10, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date June 10, 1970; four of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In June 1970, 560 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 20 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 9W, Line 41
- CLYDE DOUGLAS SANDERSCorporal · June 10, 1970
- BIRCH UDELL STEMMONSSergeant · June 10, 1970
- JOHN JOSEPH VARDNERCorporal · June 10, 1970
- BILLY DEAN WEHUNTSpecialist Four · June 10, 1970
Same unit, same day
- DAVID CONCEPCION-NIEVESSpecialist Four · Panel 9W, Line 37
- LOWELL GEORGE HARDMEYERSpecialist Four · Panel 9W, Line 38
From Chicago
- MELVIN LESTER WATERSPrivate · February 10, 1965
- WILLIAM RALPH FUHRMANPetty Officer Third Class · April 23, 1965
- RAYMOND LEON HORNCorporal · May 1, 1965
- ARTHUR C JEPSON JRCaptain · May 16, 1965
- DONALD CLAY DEDMONStaff Sergeant · June 10, 1965
- ROGER PELIKANLance Corporal · July 17, 1965
- HARRY COHENTechnical Sergeant · July 19, 1969
- CURTIS LOCKHARTPrivate First Class · July 30, 1965
- EDWARD KOPECPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- JAMES LEO WHITELance Corporal · August 19, 1965
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.