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JOHN TAYLOR FILPI
Second Lieutenant · U.S. Marine Corps
September 14, 1943 – January 31, 1967
Service recordJohn Taylor Filpi, of Glenview, Illinois, served as a Second Lieutenant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on January 31, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 14E, Line 100 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14E · Line 100
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
- Second Lieutenant (2NDLT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Basic Field Artillery Officer (I) (0801)
- Born
- September 14, 1943
- Home of record
- Glenview, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 31, 1967
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
15 names on the Wall carry the date January 31, 1967; three of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In January 1967, 638 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 14E, Line 100
- EDWARD PAUL HANSHAWLance Corporal · January 31, 1967
- MICHAEL THOMAS JONESPrivate First Class · January 31, 1967
- ROY ROBERT KUBLEYCaptain · January 31, 1967
From Glenview
- STEPHEN HAIG DEMERJIANPrivate First Class · January 8, 1969
- PATRICK JAMES CONNORPrivate First Class · September 9, 1970
- MARCUS EUGENE ARNESONPrivate First Class · May 21, 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.