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THOMAS DEWEY PIPKIN JR
Private · U.S. Army
November 21, 1946 – October 11, 1967
Service recordThomas Dewey Pipkin JR, of Farmington, Missouri, served as a Private in the U.S. Army. He died on October 11, 1967, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 27E, Line 91 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27E · Line 91
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- November 21, 1946
- Home of record
- Farmington, Missouri (St Francois County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 11, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date October 11, 1967; five of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In October 1967, 906 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 84 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 27E, Line 91
- WILLIAM HENRY NEUSSCaptain · October 11, 1967
- WILLIAM VICTOR PENNYCorporal · October 11, 1967
- MILTON SNOW JRPrivate First Class · October 11, 1967
- MICHAEL FRANCIS WEISSERTSpecialist Five · October 11, 1967
Same unit, same day
- DENNIS ARTHUR BEUKESpecialist Four · Panel 27E, Line 87
- JAMES CHRISTIAN FREIDTPrivate First Class · Panel 27E, Line 89
- ELMER WAIN MAHURINPrivate First Class · Panel 27E, Line 90
From Farmington
- BILLY JAY MEADORSpecialist Five · May 13, 1967
- JOHN FENTON SUGGS JRPrivate First Class · November 5, 1968
- DAVID FRANKLIN FREEMANSergeant · September 15, 1970
- REGINALD DAVID CLEVEWarrant Officer 1 · March 22, 1971
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.