To my Uncle Don, I know I never met you but I have seen your picture many times and I know that you were a brave young man! Laying your life down for your brothers, parents, friends, family, and future generations... I THANK YOU! Years ago we visited the Vietnam Memorial where we rubbed your name off the wall and I will never forget that, knowing that you should have lived past 20 years old, seen his family grow and been apart of the family makes me so appreciative for what you have done. I know my Dad misses his brother, but we both thank you!
This is what his name look like on the wall...
DONALD L KIPP
DONALD LEE KIPP
is honored on Panel 33W, Row 86
is honored on Panel 33W, Row 86
PERSONAL DATA
Home of Record: Montclair, CA
Date of birth: 12/01/1949
MILITARY DATA
Service: Army of the United States
Grade at loss: E4
Rank: Specialist Four
ID No: 18858291
MOS: 11B20: Infantryman
Length Service: 01
Unit: C CO, 1ST BN, 501ST INFANTRY, 101ST ABN DIV, USARV
CASUALTY DATA
Start Tour: 07/19/1968
Incident Date: 02/08/1969
Casualty Date: 02/08/1969
Age at Loss: 19
Location: Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam
Remains: Body recovered
Casualty Type: Hostile, died outright
Casualty Reason: Ground casualty
Casualty Detail: Gun or small arms fire
URL: www.VirtualWall.org/dk/KippDL01a.htm
ON THE WALL Panel 33W Line 086the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
This is what people have written on his wall on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund...
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Never Forgotten Posted by Jack Ruffer | |
We Remember Posted by Robert Sage | |
To Don Kipp Posted by Roland P. Carriveau, We were high school classmates | |
Class mates Posted by Ray Baker, We were high school classmates | |
Co- Captain Posted by Fred Medina, We were close friends | |
DONALD KIPP A GOOD FRIEND Posted by JOHN WESTWOOD, We were close friends | |
I will never forget you. Posted by Jan Knutson(Janice Gunckel), We went "steady" in high schoo | |
TO DONNY Posted by CLIFF SIMMONDS, We grew up together | |
TO DONNY Posted by CLIFF SIMMONDS, We grew up together |
Thank you for posting that! Even tho we never met him is still family! And we thank him for giving his life for our freedom! Love you
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Love you!! xoxo
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