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JOHN MICHAEL PHILLIPS
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
June 23, 1947 – May 3, 1966
Service recordJohn Michael Phillips, of Orange, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 3, 1966, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 7E, Line 20 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7E · Line 20
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Unit (as recorded)
- M CO 3 BN 9 MAR 3 MARDIV
- Born
- June 23, 1947
- Home of record
- Orange, California (Orange County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 3, 1966
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
14 names on the Wall carry the date May 3, 1966; five of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In May 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 7E, Line 20
- ANTONINE GEORGE KOCIPERPrivate First Class · May 3, 1966
- VIRGIL LINDQUISTAirman Second Class · May 3, 1966
- ANGELO FRANCIS MICHELLISergeant First Class · May 3, 1966
- JOSEPH ANTHONY PECORA JRPrivate First Class · May 3, 1966
From Orange
- MICHAEL WALTER KOLEMAINENPrivate First Class · October 31, 1966
- BOBBY WESTSergeant · January 21, 1968
- RAYMOND NELSON CURLEYSpecialist Four · February 5, 1968
- KENNETH TILDEN RABEYSergeant · March 16, 1968
- DAVID ARTHUR ROSENBERGERSpecialist Four · April 4, 1968
- GARY ALAN STADINGSpecialist Four · April 25, 1968
- WILLIAM JOHN WAYSACKCorporal · May 9, 1968
- RUSSELL UDELL WESTLance Corporal · May 23, 1968
- ROBERT JAMES TODDPrivate · November 1, 1968
- DENNIS EUGENE NAYLORPrivate First Class · November 25, 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.