Lipford obituaries, Tangipahoa Parish, Louisiana 

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Lipford, Adam                26 Feb 2004    Mar 2004    Don Johnson

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Obituary published in The Hammond Daily Star on:  2/26/2004

LIPFORD, ADAM 
Madisonville - U.S. Marine Cpl. Adam Lipford, 22, died Tuesday, Feb. 17, 2004, 
during a training exercise in Guam. Upon graduating from high school he entered 
boot camp followed by tank school. He was named an honor graduate and was 
meritoriously promoted to to lance corporal. He was deployed in support of 
Operation Bright Star with the First Tank, Battalion, 29 Palms, Calif., where 
he once again won the meritorious Corporal Board. His other military missions 
and achievements include qualifying with distinguished marks during gunnery 
exercise, serving in Operation Sweeney, leading a fire team plus of non-infantry 
in Exercise Edged Mallet in which he worked closely with the Kenya Military, and 
Iraqi Freedom. His military decorations include the Good Conduct Medal in 
addition to the Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medal. He is survived by his 
mother, Lynelle Lipford; and his fiancee, Adriana Trujillo. Visitation will be 
today at Schoen Funeral Home, Covington, from 6 to 9 p.m. and Friday at Bedico 
Baptist Church, from 10 a.m. until the funeral at noon. Burial will be in Theo-
Dendinger Cemetery, Madisonville.