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DONALD R PHILLIS JR
Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
November 26, 1945 – July 14, 1968
Service recordDonald R Phillis JR, of Titusville, Pennsylvania, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on July 14, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 52W, Line 30 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 52W · Line 30
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- November 26, 1945
- Home of record
- Titusville, Pennsylvania (Crawford County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 14, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
36 names on the Wall carry the date July 14, 1968; 13 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 52W, Line 30
- RICHARD ALLEN MCGEATHPrivate First Class · July 14, 1968
- JAMES GILBERT MCWHIRTERSpecialist Four · July 14, 1968
- JESUS F ORTEGA JRSergeant · July 14, 1968
- JOSEPH STANLEY OTTFireman · July 14, 1968
From Titusville
- MERLIN HOWARD VROMANSergeant First Class · July 21, 1967
- PATRICK CYRIL CARTNEYSpecialist Five · January 31, 1968
- JOSEPH RICHARD BENNETTPrivate First Class · April 24, 1968
- ALFRED LEROY WYANTCorporal · August 2, 1968
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.