FORCE RECON Nipper, David

[John Robertson]

• SURNAME

Nipper​

• FORENAME

David​

• UNIT

3 Recon Bn (D Company) (3 MarDiv)​

• RANK

Lance Corporal​

• NUMBER

1863263​

• DATE OF DEATH

21st November 1964​

• AGE

24​

• GRAVESITE

Honolulu Memorial,Honolulu,Hawaii Courts of the Missing​

• ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

from Atlanta,Georgia​

born 15.9.1940 Douglas,Georgia​

son of Jesse and Oleph (nee Kirkland) Nipper,Route 2,Nicholls,Georgia​

single​

graduated Nicholls High School​

attended Berry College,Rome,Georgia​

entered service August 1959​

killed when helicopter crashed into the Gulf of Tonkin,off Binh Dinh Province,South Vietnam (non hostile)​

UH-34D Choctaw (HMM-162) (USS Princeton) on mercy mission to flooded villages​

body not recovered​

Vietnam Veterans Memorial,Washington,D.C. Panel 01E Line 73​

Chatterton Grove Cemetery,Nicholls,Coffee County,Georgia (memorial stone)​

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