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Rank: Captain Born: 16 August 1943 Died: 22 May 1969 County: Blount Hometown: Maryville Service Branch: Army Division/Assignment: 334th AHC, 145th Aviation Battalion, 12th Aviation Theater: Not listed Conflict: Vietnam Battles: Not listed Awards: 3 Distinguished Flying Crosses, 2 Bronze Star Medals, 24 Air Medals, 2 Army Commendation Medal, and 4 Purple Heart Medals Burial/Memorial Location: Four Mile Cemetery, Blount County, TN Location In Memorial: Pillar XXII, Top […]

Staff Sergeant James Monroe Tipton Born: 30 December 1918 Died: 7 June 1944 Service Number: 7085596 Age 25, Landed on Utah Beach; Killed in Action, near Ste-Mère-Eglise (France) Unit campaigns: Normandy, France (6 June-24 July 1944); landed on Utah Beach, (6 June / first wave) Interred: Monte Vista Memorial Gardens, Section D, Lot 60, Space 10, Johnson […]