Carwood Lipton

Carwood Lipton
First Lieutenant Lipton in dress uniform
Nickname(s)	"Lip"
Born	(1920-01-30)30 January 1920 Huntington, West Virginia, US
Died	16 December 2001(2001-12-16) (aged 81) Southern Pines, North Carolina, US
Buried	Woodmere Memorial Park, Huntington, West Virginia
Allegiance	United States
Service/branch	United States Army
Years of service	1942–1953
Rank	First Lieutenant
Unit	Easy Company, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division
Battles/wars	World War II Battle of Normandy Operation Market Garden Battle of the Bulge
Awards	Bronze Star Medal (2) Purple Heart (3)
Other work	Glass-manufacturing executive

Clifford Carwood Lipton (30 January 1920 – 16 December 2001)^[1] was a commissioned officer with Easy Company, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division, during World War II.

On the battlefields of Europe, he was promoted to company first sergeant and was awarded a battlefield commission to second lieutenant. He has said "it was the greatest honor ever awarded" to him. He eventually earned a promotion to first lieutenant before leaving the army.

He was featured in the 2010 book A Company of Heroes: Personal Memories about the Real Band of Brothers and the Legacy They Left Us,^[2] and portrayed by Donnie Wahlberg in the HBO miniseries Band of Brothers.