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MARK JOHN PHILLIPS
Private First Class · U.S. Army
December 12, 1948 – August 13, 1969
Service recordMark John Phillips, of Hialeah, Florida, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on August 13, 1969, in Long Khanh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 19W, Line 34 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19W · Line 34
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 199 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- December 12, 1948
- Home of record
- Hialeah, Florida (Dade County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 13, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Long Khanh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
43 names on the Wall carry the date August 13, 1969; two of them were lost in Long Khanh Province. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 199th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 19 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 19W, Line 34
- JERRY DONNIE REEDLance Corporal · August 13, 1969
- LARRY MICHEAL ROBINSONSpecialist Four · August 13, 1969
- NORMAN DOUGLAS SCHULTESpecialist Four · August 13, 1969
- PHILIP THOMAS SMITHLieutenant · August 13, 1969
Same unit, same day
- MOISES CARTAGENA-ACOSTAFirst Sergeant · Panel 19W, Line 29
From Hialeah
- TED PETER NEURA JRCaptain · December 12, 1963
- ROBERT LYMAN TAYLORStaff Sergeant · February 1, 1964
- BILLY HOWARDGunnery Sergeant · March 22, 1966
- ADELBERT F MIHALEK IVSpecialist Four · October 30, 1966
- ALBERT JUDSON HAYESFirst Lieutenant · February 14, 1967
- JOHN RICHARD BERRIOSCorporal · November 27, 1967
- RAMON CORTES-ROSASpecialist Four · December 15, 1967
- TIMOTHY HAROLD ARTMANChief Warrant Officer 2 · January 8, 1968
- EDWARD MICHAEL MISIUTAPrivate First Class · March 1, 1968
- JAMES ROBERT BURCH JRAirman · March 17, 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.