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VERNON RAYMOND LIPINSKI
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
April 8, 1944 – December 27, 1967
Service recordVernon Raymond Lipinski, of Baltimore, Maryland, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on December 27, 1967, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 32E, Line 77 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 32E · Line 77
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Machinegunner (0331)
- Born
- April 8, 1944
- Home of record
- Baltimore, Maryland (Baltimore (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 27, 1967
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
88 names on the Wall carry the date December 27, 1967; 35 of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In December 1967, 937 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 32E, Line 77
- EARL LEROY LEWISPrivate First Class · December 27, 1967
- RICHARD EUGENE LEWISPrivate First Class · December 27, 1967
- GEORGE EDWARD LONSDALEPrivate First Class · December 27, 1967
- JAMES ELLIS LOUDERMILKSpecialist Four · December 27, 1967
From Baltimore
- EVERETTE LEROY DONALDSONPrivate First Class · June 29, 1964
- WILLIAM EDWARD FOWLERLance Corporal · July 9, 1965
- FRANK ROBERT SAXONLance Corporal · September 14, 1965
- JAMES MCKINLEY LONGPrivate First Class · October 5, 1965
- THOMAS JAMES SCHINDLERSergeant · October 5, 1965
- SAMUEL L HOLMANSergeant · November 17, 1965
- RICHARD DEANE OTTStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- JAMES ODELL VAUGHANStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- JAMES ANTHONY WATSONSecond Lieutenant · December 4, 1965
- PHILIP JAMES MCCARTHYSergeant · December 5, 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.