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Submitted: 5/2/22 • Approved: 5/3/22 • Last Updated: 5/6/22 • R510956-G0-S3
Texas
MASTER SERGEANT 3rd Engineers
August 28, 1888-April 29, 1940
*Photo, courtesy of Mary (Coggin) Russell
*Obituary
Fred Bippus' Death Reported From Hawaii
Fred P. Bippus, Master Sergeant of Second Engineers, Company B, U.S. Navy, died Tuesday at Hawaii. Funeral arrangements are pending arrival of the body which is being shopped [sic] here by the United State Governmental [sic] for burial.
Mr. Bippus came here with his parents, both of whom have passed on, in 1910 from South Dakota. He joined the navy on May 1, 1917, shortly after U.S. entrance in the World War. He was born in 1888.
Survivors include five brothers: George Bippus of Hereford; Ted Bippus of Amarillo; Kirk Bippus of Hobbs, N.M.; two sisters, Miss Ernie Bippus of Amarillo and Mrs. Maude Drummond of Elanvale, Kan.; and other relatives.
(Published in The Hereford Brand, 40th Year-Number 18, Hereford, Texas, Thursday, May 2, 1940, Page 1)
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U.S., Army Transport Service, Passenger Lists, 1910-1939
Name: Fred P. Bippus
Departure Date: 25 Jul 1919
Departure Place: Brest, France
Arrival Date: 4 Aug 1919
Arrival Place: New York
Residence Place: Herford, Texas
Mother: Elizabeth Bippus
Ship: FINLAND
Military Unit: COMPANY B 2ND ENGINEERS
Rank: STB. SGT.
Service Number: 156, 340
Notes: COMPANY "B" 2ND ENGINEERS
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