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PHILIP BLAINE EMERSON
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
November 26, 1946 – May 15, 1967
Service recordPhilip Blaine Emerson, of Alpena, Michigan, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 15, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 19E, Line 126 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19E · Line 126
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- November 26, 1946
- Home of record
- Alpena, Michigan (Alpena County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 15, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
41 names on the Wall carry the date May 15, 1967; ten of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 19E, Line 126
- RAYMOND MICHAEL CHASSERPrivate First Class · May 15, 1967
- DAVID ALLEN DIXONSpecialist Four · May 15, 1967
- ROBERT GENE FULLERPrivate First Class · May 15, 1967
- ROGER LEE GARRETTPrivate First Class · May 15, 1967
From Alpena
- DONALD JOSEPH WOLOSZYKLieutenant Commander · March 1, 1966
- EDWARD PAUL AUSTINPrivate First Class · November 1, 1966
- FREDERICK JOSEPH WOZNIAKMajor · January 17, 1967
- NED ARTHUR HEATHSpecialist Four · September 6, 1968
- RODNEY MAX CHAPMANLieutenant Commander · February 18, 1969
- GENE PAUL FUSSEYSpecialist Four · October 6, 1969
- PHILLIP ALLEN ELLIOTTSpecialist Four · March 10, 1970
- THOMAS PAUL SMITHSergeant · September 6, 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.