Oliver Sipple, U.S. Marine and Vietnam War veteran (died 1989)

Oliver Sipple

American man who intervened in an assassination attempt of Gerald Ford (1941–1989)

Oliver Wellington "Billy" Sipple was an American man known for intervening to prevent an assassination attempt against U.S. President Gerald Ford on September 22, 1975. A decorated U.S. Marine and disabled Vietnam War veteran, he grappled with Sara Jane Moore as she fired a…