WWII · Battle Death Record
Lattie Tipton
Private First Class, U.S. Army · Tennessee
Personnel File — Core Information
- Name
- Lattie Tipton
- Entered the Service From
- Tennessee
- Rank
- Private First Class
- Service
- U.S. Army
- Unit / Regiment
- 15th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Infantry Division
- War
- WWII
- Date of Death
- August 15, 1944
- Burial / Memorial
- Rhone American Cemetery and Memorial, Draguignan, France
- Grave
- Plot C, Row 6, Grave 14
Their story
Lattie Tipton, a 33-year-old from Tennessee and the close friend of Audie Murphy, served as a Private First Class in the 15th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Infantry Division. On August 15, 1944, during Operation Dragoon near Ramatuelle in southern France, he was shot and killed when he exposed himself to accept what turned out to be a false German flag of surrender; his death prompted Murphy's actions that earned the Distinguished Service Cross.
Compiled from American Battle Monuments Commission (ABMC) and National Archives (NARA) records and public sources.
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