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PHILIP ALAN PURVIS
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
May 30, 1944 – November 25, 1966
Service recordPhilip Alan Purvis, of Denver, Colorado, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on November 25, 1966, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 12E, Line 117 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12E · Line 117
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
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- May 30, 1944
- Home of record
- Denver, Colorado (Denver County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 25, 1966
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
Nine names on the Wall carry the date November 25, 1966; four of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In November 1966, 641 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 12E, Line 117
- RICHARD DEAN MATTSONPetty Officer Third Class · August 27, 1966
- DAVID TERRANCE HAKEPrivate First Class · November 25, 1966
- GEORGE ARTHUR MYERSLance Corporal · November 25, 1966
- ELLIS ORTON JRFirst Sergeant · November 25, 1966
- PATRICK OWEN QUINNLance Corporal · November 25, 1966
From Denver
- BRIAN KAY SKINNERFirst Lieutenant · December 9, 1964
- MORRIS OLEN MUSICK JRLance Corporal · August 20, 1965
- DUANE WHITNEY MARTINCaptain · September 20, 1965
- JACK BRIAN LEAFPrivate First Class · August 24, 1965
- ERNEST CALVIN KELLYPrivate First Class · January 1, 1966
- FRANKIE LEYBA VARGASPrivate First Class · January 15, 1966
- RADFORD DOUGLAS HOGANSergeant · January 25, 1966
- FRANK SCOT CRISMONLieutenant · December 30, 1964
- ELOY DURANStaff Sergeant · February 14, 1966
- THOMAS WILLIAM STASKOCaptain · February 18, 1966
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.