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PHILIP ALFRED KALHAGEN
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
February 18, 1947 – June 19, 1970
Service recordPhilip Alfred Kalhagen, of Madison, Wisconsin, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on June 19, 1970, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 9W, Line 69 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9W · Line 69
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 5 INF DIV MECH
- Born
- February 18, 1947
- Home of record
- Madison, Wisconsin (Dane County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 19, 1970
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date June 19, 1970; he was the only one lost in Quảng Trị Province that day. In June 1970, 560 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “5 INF DIV MECH”, his unit in the record, lost 15 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 9W, Line 69
- PATRICK DENNIS KADOWLance Corporal · June 19, 1970
- DONALD EDWARD LAYFIELDSergeant · June 19, 1970
- MICHAEL WILLIAM NOTERMANNSergeant · June 19, 1970
- BARRY KENT WEAVERPrivate First Class · June 19, 1970
From Madison
- ROSCOE AMMERMANStaff Sergeant · October 3, 1965
- JEAN PIERRE DOWLINGLance Corporal · January 29, 1966
- MICHAEL JOSEPH BANOVEZ JRCorporal · July 18, 1966
- WILLY VASCILLE QUASTStaff Sergeant · January 7, 1967
- THOMAS ERWIN MATUSHPrivate First Class · January 12, 1967
- CHARLES JOHN THOMAMajor · January 12, 1967
- LEONARD DEAN THOMPSONSpecialist Four · April 25, 1967
- GORDON WAYNE STOFLETLance Corporal · June 29, 1967
- VERNON GENE STICHSpecialist Four · August 7, 1967
- MARK WILLARD NEUMANNSpecialist Four · August 25, 1967
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.