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PHILIP ALVIN VOLENTINE
Captain · U.S. Army
September 20, 1936 – December 3, 1967
Service recordPhilip Alvin Volentine, of Shreveport, Louisiana, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on December 3, 1967, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 31. His name is inscribed on Panel 31E, Line 32 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 31E · Line 32
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
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Ranger, Operations And Training Staff Officer (G3,a3,s3) (82162)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- September 20, 1936
- Home of record
- Shreveport, Louisiana
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 3, 1967
- Age
- 31
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date December 3, 1967; two of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In December 1967, 937 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 15 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 31E, Line 32
- WILLIAM TERRY ALLENFirst Lieutenant · December 4, 1967
- SIDNEY EMERY BARBERCorporal · December 4, 1967
- ROBERT HARRIS BRUNSLance Corporal · December 4, 1967
- THOMAS PAUL CIECURASpecialist Four · December 4, 1967
From Shreveport
- DONALD FREDERICK DAVIDSONLance Corporal · October 8, 1963
- ROBERT LEE WOMACKStaff Sergeant · October 11, 1965
- WILLIAM WESLEY BROWNLance Corporal · March 4, 1966
- BILLY MARCUS EDWARDSSergeant · May 11, 1966
- THOMAS C GARRETT IIIPrivate · May 22, 1966
- BILLY RAY MOFFETTStaff Sergeant · May 27, 1966
- DAVID WILLIS TERRELLCorporal · July 4, 1966
- DALTON EARL JACKSONLance Corporal · October 17, 1966
- ALLAN EUGENE SMITHStaff Sergeant · October 17, 1966
- RAMON ALLEN COPPLELieutenant (junior grade) · October 26, 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.