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SIDNEY PIPER JR
Private · U.S. Army
May 18, 1948 – May 25, 1970
Service recordSidney Piper JR, of Austin, Texas, served as a Private in the U.S. Army. He died on May 25, 1970, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 10W, Line 99 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10W · Line 99
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 (PVT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Field Communications Electronics Equipment Mechanic (31B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- HHB 5 BN 42 ARTY II FF
- Born
- May 18, 1948
- Home of record
- Austin, Texas (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 25, 1970
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Died of other causes
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date May 25, 1970; he was the only one lost in Long An Province that day. In May 1970, 917 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 10W, Line 99
- LESTER NEAL MOULTONFirst Lieutenant · May 25, 1970
- RAFAEL OLIVOSpecialist Four · May 25, 1970
- FRANCIS EDWIN PARKHILL JRSecond Lieutenant · May 25, 1970
- RICHARD RODRIGUESCorporal · May 25, 1970
From Austin
- RONNY LOUIS WOODMANSEEFirst Lieutenant · December 12, 1963
- NATHANAEL LEEPrivate First Class · June 29, 1965
- VICTOR FLORES JRLance Corporal · August 18, 1965
- JOHN PAUL ROLANDLance Corporal · August 24, 1965
- JOE MORENOPrivate First Class · December 10, 1965
- ALLEN ROBERT SPINKSSpecialist Four · January 4, 1966
- ERIC SACKETTPrivate First Class · January 25, 1966
- KENNETH DEE GILMOREFirst Lieutenant · January 31, 1966
- DANIEL TIENDACorporal · March 21, 1966
- THOMAS HOWARD CARUTHERSPrivate · April 18, 1966
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.