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WILLIAM JAMES SIPPEL
Petty Officer Third Class · U.S. Navy
August 2, 1945 – June 19, 1967
Service recordWilliam James Sippel, of Lockport, New York, served as a Petty Officer Third Class in the U.S. Navy. He died on June 19, 1967, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 22E, Line 20 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 22E · Line 20
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. Navy
- Rank
- Petty Officer Third Class (PO3)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Engineering Aid (EA)
- Born
- August 2, 1945
- Home of record
- Lockport, New York (Niagara County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 19, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
71 names on the Wall carry the date June 19, 1967; three of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In June 1967, 948 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 22E, Line 20
- LLOYD ANDREW SELLERS IIISpecialist Four · June 19, 1967
- WILLIAM PAUL SHAFFERPrivate First Class · June 19, 1967
- KAZIMIERZ HENRYK SLOMIANYSpecialist Four · June 19, 1967
- JAMES BUFORD SMITHPrivate First Class · June 19, 1967
From Lockport
- GARY RAMOND LAMBERTPrivate First Class · January 29, 1966
- ROBERT EUGENE FOSTERStaff Sergeant · March 9, 1966
- OLIN RICHARD THRUSHCorporal · September 23, 1966
- MICHAEL JOSEPH MCGINNISMajor · February 20, 1968
- TIMOTHY CHARLES HANNIGANSergeant · August 7, 1968
- FRANK EDWARD TIMIANSpecialist Four · April 12, 1969
- JAMES HOWARD LEESpecialist Four · July 15, 1969
- PAUL JAMES KNEELANDSergeant · September 18, 1969
- PHILIP JON STEMPERSpecialist Four · April 1, 1970
- GERALD PAUL WICKCaptain · February 15, 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.