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PHILIP EDWARD BURRELL
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
December 9, 1946 – January 11, 1968
Service recordPhilip Edward Burrell, of Boston, Massachusetts, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on January 11, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 34E, Line 27 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 34E · Line 27
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- December 9, 1946
- Home of record
- Boston, Massachusetts (Suffolk County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 11, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
32 names on the Wall carry the date January 11, 1968; four of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 34E, Line 27
- DENIS LEON ANDERSONLieutenant (junior grade) · January 11, 1968
- JOHN NEWTON BREWERPrivate First Class · January 11, 1968
- ERNEST ODELL BROOMMaster Sergeant · January 11, 1968
- ARTHUR CHARLES BUCKLieutenant (junior grade) · January 11, 1968
From Boston
- ORIEN JUDSON WALKER JRMajor · May 23, 1965
- SEYMOUR PATRICK SADBERRYPrivate First Class · October 30, 1965
- STEPHEN JOSEPH STERITIPrivate First Class · May 8, 1966
- BRUCE ELLSWORTH JASONStaff Sergeant · September 13, 1966
- WILLIAM EDWARD JOYCE JRFirst Lieutenant · November 16, 1966
- JOHN H JOYCEMajor · December 21, 1966
- THOMAS JOSEPH CONNERSPrivate First Class · November 5, 1966
- JAMES FRANCIS MURRAYCorporal · April 26, 1967
- LEO JOSEPH SULLIVAN JRLance Corporal · May 8, 1967
- BOBBY LEE FINNEYSpecialist Four · June 22, 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.