Newspaper Death Notice:
PFC Martinis Tipton, 19, son of Mr. and Mrs. Zebedee Tipton, 2308 NE 23, was killed in action June 1 near Saigon, South Vietnam the defense department said. Tipton had been serving with the 9th Army Division his family said. He had been employed at Val Gene's Cafeteria after graduating from Douglas High School in 1965. He was born in Oklahoma City and was a member of the Church of the Living God.
Funeral services are pending with Rolfe Funeral Home.
Survivors include his parents; a sister, Schenita, of the home, and four brothers, Robert Hodges Jr., Oklahoma City, Zebedee Jr., and Omelia and Ulandia both of the home.
Published in The Daily Oklahoman Newspaper, Friday, June 7, 1968 page 3.
Obituary submitted byJackie
PFC Martinis Tipton served with Bravo Company 3rd of the 60th, 9th Infantry Division.
PFC - E3 - Army - Regular
9th Infantry Division
His tour in Vietnam began on Apr 21, 1968. Casualty was on Jun 1, 1968 in Kien Hoa, South Vietnam hostle ground casualty.
His name is honored on Panel 61W ~ Line 6 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington DC.
░T░H░A░N░K░ ░Y░O░U ░F░O░R░ ░Y░O░U░R░ ░S░E░R░V░I░C░E░.
PFC Martinis Tipton, 19, son of Mr. and Mrs. Zebedee Tipton, 2308 NE 23, was killed in action June 1 near Saigon, South Vietnam the defense department said. Tipton had been serving with the 9th Army Division his family said. He had been employed at Val Gene's Cafeteria after graduating from Douglas High School in 1965. He was born in Oklahoma City and was a member of the Church of the Living God.
Funeral services are pending with Rolfe Funeral Home.
Survivors include his parents; a sister, Schenita, of the home, and four brothers, Robert Hodges Jr., Oklahoma City, Zebedee Jr., and Omelia and Ulandia both of the home.
Published in The Daily Oklahoman Newspaper, Friday, June 7, 1968 page 3.
Obituary submitted byJackie
PFC Martinis Tipton served with Bravo Company 3rd of the 60th, 9th Infantry Division.
PFC - E3 - Army - Regular
9th Infantry Division
His tour in Vietnam began on Apr 21, 1968. Casualty was on Jun 1, 1968 in Kien Hoa, South Vietnam hostle ground casualty.
His name is honored on Panel 61W ~ Line 6 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington DC.
░T░H░A░N░K░ ░Y░O░U ░F░O░R░ ░Y░O░U░R░ ░S░E░R░V░I░C░E░.
Newspaper Death Notice:
PFC Martinis Tipton, 19, son of Mr. and Mrs. Zebedee Tipton, 2308 NE 23, was killed in action June 1 near Saigon, South Vietnam the defense department said. Tipton had been serving with the 9th Army Division his family said. He had been employed at Val Gene's Cafeteria after graduating from Douglas High School in 1965. He was born in Oklahoma City and was a member of the Church of the Living God.
Funeral services are pending with Rolfe Funeral Home.
Survivors include his parents; a sister, Schenita, of the home, and four brothers, Robert Hodges Jr., Oklahoma City, Zebedee Jr., and Omelia and Ulandia both of the home.
Published in The Daily Oklahoman Newspaper, Friday, June 7, 1968 page 3.
Obituary submitted byJackie
PFC Martinis Tipton served with Bravo Company 3rd of the 60th, 9th Infantry Division.
PFC - E3 - Army - Regular
9th Infantry Division
His tour in Vietnam began on Apr 21, 1968. Casualty was on Jun 1, 1968 in Kien Hoa, South Vietnam hostle ground casualty.
His name is honored on Panel 61W ~ Line 6 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington DC.
░T░H░A░N░K░ ░Y░O░U ░F░O░R░ ░Y░O░U░R░ ░S░E░R░V░I░C░E░.
PFC Martinis Tipton, 19, son of Mr. and Mrs. Zebedee Tipton, 2308 NE 23, was killed in action June 1 near Saigon, South Vietnam the defense department said. Tipton had been serving with the 9th Army Division his family said. He had been employed at Val Gene's Cafeteria after graduating from Douglas High School in 1965. He was born in Oklahoma City and was a member of the Church of the Living God.
Funeral services are pending with Rolfe Funeral Home.
Survivors include his parents; a sister, Schenita, of the home, and four brothers, Robert Hodges Jr., Oklahoma City, Zebedee Jr., and Omelia and Ulandia both of the home.
Published in The Daily Oklahoman Newspaper, Friday, June 7, 1968 page 3.
Obituary submitted byJackie
PFC Martinis Tipton served with Bravo Company 3rd of the 60th, 9th Infantry Division.
PFC - E3 - Army - Regular
9th Infantry Division
His tour in Vietnam began on Apr 21, 1968. Casualty was on Jun 1, 1968 in Kien Hoa, South Vietnam hostle ground casualty.
His name is honored on Panel 61W ~ Line 6 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington DC.
░T░H░A░N░K░ ░Y░O░U ░F░O░R░ ░Y░O░U░R░ ░S░E░R░V░I░C░E░.
Inscription
Oklahoma US Army
PFC Co B 60 Inf
Vietnam Purple Hears
Gravesite Details
Military Flat Marker with Cross Emblem.
