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PHILIP ANTHONY FERRO
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
October 30, 1946 – July 11, 1967
Service recordPhilip Anthony Ferro, of Northridge, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on July 11, 1967, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 23E, Line 51 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23E · Line 51
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- October 30, 1946
- Home of record
- Northridge, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 11, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
36 names on the Wall carry the date July 11, 1967; eight of them were lost in Long An Province. In July 1967, 1,057 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 46 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 23E, Line 51
- CHRIS STEVEN EVANSPrivate First Class · July 11, 1967
- CLIFFORD KENNETH FRYESpecialist Four · July 11, 1967
- ELOY SANTIAGO GRIEGO JRSpecialist Five · July 11, 1967
- FRANCIS ALLEN HUGHESPrivate First Class · July 11, 1967
Same unit, same day
- MARION TROY EAKINSSpecialist Four · Panel 23E, Line 50
- ELMER FREDERICK KENNEYSergeant · Panel 23E, Line 52
- HAROLD WAYNE KINGCorporal · Panel 23E, Line 52
- CLARENCE ERNEST LOSSINGSpecialist Four · Panel 23E, Line 53
- GEORGE EUGENE SMITHStaff Sergeant · Panel 23E, Line 53
- CLEVELAND PATTERSONPrivate First Class · Panel 23E, Line 54
From Northridge
- RONALD OREN PATTERSONSpecialist Four · June 30, 1966
- JOSEPH LEWIS JACOBSSergeant · February 21, 1967
- VAN ALLEN IRWINSergeant First Class · July 25, 1968
- GARY RICHARD MCFALLSergeant · September 13, 1968
- WILLIAM MICHAEL COPLEYStaff Sergeant · November 16, 1968
- VICTOR WALKER BULLARD JRPrivate First Class · January 21, 1969
- PETER LAUST JAKOBSENPrivate First Class · May 8, 1969
- THOMAS WILLIAM HERBSTSergeant · July 10, 1969
- THOMAS ELLIOTT COPPPetty Officer Third Class · February 13, 1970
- JAMES LEE CAMPBELLSergeant · July 14, 1970
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.