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THOMAS WASHINGTON LIPSEY III
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
May 24, 1951 – February 6, 1972
Service recordThomas Washington Lipsey III, of Kalamazoo, Michigan, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on February 6, 1972, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 2W, Line 104 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2W · Line 104
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Basic (13A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- May 24, 1951
- Home of record
- Kalamazoo, Michigan (Kalamazoo County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 6, 1972
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
Two names on the Wall carry the date February 6, 1972; he was the only one lost in Thừa Thiên Province that day. In February 1972, 46 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 3 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 2W, Line 104
- CHARLES EDWARD GREENEPetty Officer First Class · February 3, 1972
- DONALD W LOWECaptain · February 3, 1972
- DANIEL DEAN COOPERLieutenant · February 4, 1972
- LEONARD JAMES MATELSKIStaff Sergeant · February 4, 1972
From Kalamazoo
- KONSTANTINS ADOLFS LUBAVSCaptain · February 7, 1966
- RONALD WAYNE HOBBSSpecialist Four · February 12, 1966
- STANLEY CLAUS CAMPBELLPetty Officer Third Class · August 25, 1966
- JAMES EDWARDS GARDNERFirst Lieutenant · October 13, 1966
- WOODROW JOHN MUELLERSpecialist Four · March 9, 1967
- WILLIAM HARRY CROSSMANPrivate First Class · June 17, 1967
- ROBERT LOUIS STEVENS JRPrivate First Class · June 22, 1967
- GERRIT JOHN SCHOUWBURGSpecialist Five · June 24, 1967
- MICHAEL PATRICK CASSIDYSpecialist Four · July 13, 1967
- DAVID HARM ESMANSpecialist Four · August 28, 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.