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TERRY LEE TIPPERY
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
December 13, 1947 – January 13, 1969
Service recordTerry Lee Tippery, of Lincoln, Nebraska, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on January 13, 1969, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 35W, Line 85 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 35W · Line 85
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 Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Combat Engineer (12B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- December 13, 1947
- Home of record
- Lincoln, Nebraska (Lancaster County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 13, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date January 13, 1969; four of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 84 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 35W, Line 85
- JAMES RICHARD ROBERTSSergeant · January 13, 1969
- ROGER DALE SHULERPrivate First Class · January 13, 1969
- DEWITT STUDWAY JRSpecialist Five · January 13, 1969
- GARY PAUL TRYONSpecialist Five · January 13, 1969
Same unit, same day
- PHILIP CHARLES ERICKSONSergeant · Panel 35W, Line 82
- WILLIAM ALEXANDER MORRELLSergeant · Panel 35W, Line 84
- GARY PAUL TRYONSpecialist Five · Panel 35W, Line 85
From Lincoln
- RICHARD LANSING ZICHEKLance Corporal · July 15, 1965
- LEE DAVID ANDERSONStaff Sergeant · February 24, 1966
- HARVEY LEROY ENGELPetty Officer First Class · March 11, 1966
- JOHN A MCCURDYCaptain · April 15, 1966
- PHILIP NEIL MADDOXSergeant · May 28, 1966
- JOHN ERNEST JOHNSONSpecialist Four · November 1, 1966
- LARRY LEE FONTAINEPrivate First Class · November 7, 1966
- DAVID JOSEPH RI BRANSTROMHospitalman · December 8, 1966
- WILLIAM ROBERTSStaff Sergeant · February 6, 1967
- MICHAEL CARL NEWMANSpecialist Four · February 6, 1967
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.