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PHILIP DUANE CHEEK
Private First Class · U.S. Army
October 26, 1951 – July 18, 1971
Service recordPhilip Duane Cheek, of Davenport, Iowa, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on July 18, 1971, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 3W, Line 110 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3W · Line 110
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Heavy Vehicle Driver (64B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- October 26, 1951
- Home of record
- Davenport, Iowa (Scott County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 18, 1971
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
Six names on the Wall carry the date July 18, 1971; two of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In July 1971, 118 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM”, his unit in the record, lost 34 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 3W, Line 110
- JAMES ALBERT JOHNSONPrivate · July 18, 1971
- STEVEN JEFFERY MINKLERSpecialist Four · July 18, 1971
- CHARLES W ROBERTS JRSpecialist Four · July 18, 1971
- RUDOLPH STEVENSSpecialist Four · July 18, 1971
Same unit, same day
- JAMES ALBERT JOHNSONPrivate · Panel 3W, Line 110
From Davenport
- ROBERT J VOSSCaptain · July 8, 1965
- JERRY PROSPER CLARKChief Warrant Officer 3 · December 15, 1965
- JAMES BYRON LAIRDPrivate First Class · February 28, 1966
- JOSEPH ALLEN SCHWERDTFEGERSergeant · May 3, 1966
- NORBERT GENE SIMMONSSergeant · June 15, 1966
- CHARLES ALLEN MORSELance Corporal · March 27, 1967
- CARL JOHN OLSONLance Corporal · July 29, 1967
- GARY KEITH RATHPrivate First Class · September 1, 1967
- MICHAEL JOSEPH UTTERWarrant Officer 1 · November 21, 1967
- DONALD LOUIS FLEETWOODPrivate First Class · December 10, 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.