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PHILIP EUGENE PENNINGTON
Sergeant · U.S. Army
December 9, 1949 – May 6, 1968
Service recordPhilip Eugene Pennington, of Front Royal, Virginia, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 6, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 56E, Line 14 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 56E · Line 14
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- A CO 35 ENG BN 18 ENG BDE
- Born
- December 9, 1949
- Home of record
- Front Royal, Virginia (Warren County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 6, 1968
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
102 names on the Wall carry the date May 6, 1968; 31 of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 56E, Line 14
- TILGHMAN RICHARD MCLEMORECaptain · May 6, 1968
- KENNETH RAY NEWSOMELance Corporal · May 6, 1968
- DENNIS PREMOCKSergeant · May 6, 1968
- DANNY KAYE RICHSpecialist Five · May 6, 1968
From Front Royal
- DELANEY ERNEST MILLER JRPlatoon Sergeant · June 8, 1966
- CHARLES WILLIAM DAVISCorporal · July 6, 1966
- JOSEPH LEVI SEEKFORDPrivate First Class · December 22, 1967
- LARRY EDWARD CURRYPrivate · July 15, 1968
- WILLIAM THOMAS RECTOR JRPrivate First Class · March 3, 1969
- ROGER GENE KIDWELLPrivate First Class · January 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.