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J. D. Tippit (September 18, 1924 – November 22, 1963) was an American World War II U.S. Army veteran and police officer who served as an 11-year veteran with the Dallas Police Department. About 45 minutes after the assassination of John F. Kennedy on November 22, 1963, Tippit was shot and killed in a residential neighborhood in the Oak Cliff ...
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Mar 3, 2014 · March 03, 2014 08:24 AM •. Lt. Dan Marcou. The son of a cotton farmer, J.D. Tippit was raised in the Red River Valley area in eastern Texas. This peaceful existence was interrupted by World War II, when he joined the army and volunteered for Airborne. Tippit earned a purple heart and a bronze star in heavy combat with the vaunted 17th ...
J.D. TIPPIT / 1952-1963 Biography. BIOGRAPHY: 1952-1963. The Rookie Cop. In June 1952, J.D. Tippit quit the farm and moved his family back to Dallas. A month later, he was hired by the City of Dallas as an apprentice policeman at $250 dollars a month. [1] . The farm boy from Red River County had found his calling.
Learn about J.D. Tippit, the Dallas policeman who was killed by Lee Harvey Oswald after the assassination of President Kennedy in 1963. Explore his life, legacy, and the controversy surrounding his death in this website and book by Dale K. Myers.
BIOGRAPHY: 1943-1952. Call of Duty. In early 1944, Edgar Lee moved his family to a rented farm in the Birmingham community, and the Tippits said goodbye to Baker Lane and the life they had loved so well. For J.D., the war was beginning to weigh heavily on his mind. Many of his friends had already joined or had been drafted into the service.
In June, 1842, J. William Lee Tippit (6), J.D. Tippit's great-grandfather, was born to James (5) and Martha Tippit in Missouri. [54] By October of 1850, brothers James H. and John L. Tippit (5) moved their families to Claiborne Parish, Louisiana and settled in the 7th Ward, 22nd Township.
Jul 1, 1995 · J. D. Tippit was a Dallas police officer who was killed by Lee Harvey Oswald, the assassin of President John F. Kennedy, in 1963. He was born in Texas in 1924, served in the army, and worked in various jobs before joining the police department in 1952.
