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DONALD DEWAYNE PHILBECK
Private First Class · U.S. Army
February 5, 1949 – February 20, 1968
Service recordDonald Dewayne Philbeck, of Richmond, Kentucky, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on February 20, 1968, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 40E, Line 46 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 40E · Line 46
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- February 5, 1949
- Home of record
- Richmond, Kentucky (Madison County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 20, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
76 names on the Wall carry the date February 20, 1968; 21 of them were lost in Gia Dinh Province. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 125 of its members that month.
He died in Gia Dinh Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 40E, Line 46
- DAVID LLOYD MOREHOUSEPrivate First Class · February 20, 1968
- JOHN MICHAEL OLSZEWSKIPrivate First Class · February 20, 1968
- VINCENT BERTRAM PARKHURSTSergeant First Class · February 20, 1968
- ROY BROWN PARSONSChief Warrant Officer 2 · February 20, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JAMES ALBERT ANDERSONPrivate First Class · Panel 40E, Line 35
- RAY D CROPPERSpecialist Four · Panel 40E, Line 38
- KENNETH LLOYD FETTERSergeant · Panel 40E, Line 38
- JEFFREY WALLACE GREENFirst Lieutenant · Panel 40E, Line 39
- STEPHEN MICHAEL HANSENSpecialist Four · Panel 40E, Line 40
- DONALD LEE HERNDONSpecialist Four · Panel 40E, Line 40
- JOSE BABAUTA HERRERAPrivate First Class · Panel 40E, Line 41
- JEFFREY LYNN HOLBROOKPrivate First Class · Panel 40E, Line 41
- DANIEL HOLCOMBStaff Sergeant · Panel 40E, Line 41
- JIMMIE DOUGLAS JONESSpecialist Four · Panel 40E, Line 42
- GUY EUGENE LEESergeant · Panel 40E, Line 43
- DONALD JAMES LOZANOPrivate First Class · Panel 40E, Line 43
- MARVIN LEO MILLERPrivate First Class · Panel 40E, Line 44
- GALEN ERICK OHLSONSpecialist Five · Panel 40E, Line 45
- ALFRED RICHARD OLSONSpecialist Five · Panel 40E, Line 45
- DAVID LLOYD MOREHOUSEPrivate First Class · Panel 40E, Line 46
- MICHAEL W PICARDSergeant · Panel 40E, Line 47
- DARRYL WARREN A POINTERCorporal · Panel 40E, Line 47
- ARNOLD W PRICEPrivate First Class · Panel 40E, Line 47
- PAUL RICHARD URBAN JRCorporal · Panel 40E, Line 48
- WALTER EARL VONDERCHEKSpecialist Four · Panel 40E, Line 49
From Richmond
- ARTHUR BRUMAGENSecond Lieutenant · November 24, 1966
- ROBERT T SICKELSSergeant First Class · April 4, 1967
- JAMES VIRL DENHAMSergeant · June 30, 1968
- FRANKLIN RENFRO JRPrivate First Class · August 10, 1968
- BUFORD HARDYPrivate First Class · March 10, 1969
- HARRY DANIEL ASHCRAFTPrivate First Class · May 21, 1969
- RONALD EDWARD CAMPBELLPrivate First Class · May 12, 1970
- CLIFFORD WAYNE MARSHALLCorporal · February 19, 1971
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.