Marshall Frederick Kipina

Vietnam War
Unit131st Aviation Company
RankStaff Sergeant U.S. Army
Entered Service FromCalumet Michigan
Date of DeathJuly 14 1966
StatusRecovered
Memorialized
Courts of the Missing
Court
B
Notes

Staff Sgt. Marshall F. Kipina was a member of 131st Aviation Company, 223rd Aviation Battalion (Combat Support). On July 14, 1966, he was an observer in a Grumman Mohawk Aircraft (OV-1C) on a night surveillance mission near Attopeu, Laos when contact was lost and he was declared Missing in Action. His remains were not recovered at the time. Through the work of the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency, the remains of Staff Sgt. Marshall F. Kipina were accounted for in 2018. His name is permanently inscribed in the “Courts of the Missing” at the Honolulu Memorial.

rosetta medal
When an individual’s remains have been accounted for by the U.S. Department of Defense, a rosette is placed next to the name on the Wall/Tablet/Court of the Missing to mark that the person now rests in a known gravesite.