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PHILIP FRANK NESTICO
Corporal · U.S. Army
October 30, 1949 – June 2, 1968
Service recordPhilip Frank Nestico, of Bristol, Connecticut, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on June 2, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 61W, Line 15 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 61W · Line 15
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- October 30, 1949
- Home of record
- Bristol, Connecticut (Hartford County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 2, 1968
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
50 names on the Wall carry the date June 2, 1968; seven of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 82 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 61W, Line 15
- WILLIE LORENZO MORGAN JRSpecialist Four · June 2, 1968
- JACK ELLSWORTH MUISENERSergeant Major · June 2, 1968
- STEVEN IRA OLNEYCorporal · June 2, 1968
- JESSIE GERALD POESergeant · June 2, 1968
Same unit, same day
- THOMAS JAMES HARBOURPrivate First Class · Panel 61W, Line 13
- WILLIAM WASHINGTON HENCESergeant First Class · Panel 61W, Line 13
- JAMES LEROY HILLPrivate First Class · Panel 61W, Line 13
- THOMAS EUGENE RILEYSergeant · Panel 61W, Line 16
- EDWARD LEROY SIZELOVECorporal · Panel 61W, Line 16
- AUDRON L SMITHPrivate First Class · Panel 61W, Line 17
From Bristol
- EDWARD JOHN CHRISTENSENPrivate · May 18, 1967
- ROLAND PHILLIP LEVESQUESergeant · February 22, 1968
- GILBERT THIBEAULTPrivate First Class · February 29, 1968
- ROBERT MICHAEL JACOBPrivate First Class · April 4, 1968
- ALDO EUGENE RYDERPrivate First Class · June 4, 1968
- DAVID BRUCE EMONDSpecialist Five · July 5, 1968
- THOMAS JOSEPH BLANCHARDPrivate First Class · August 7, 1968
- MATTHEW M CANFIELD JRPrivate First Class · November 25, 1968
- DOUGLAS JAMES BEVERIDGESpecialist Four · February 9, 1969
- PETER PHILIP DUBIELPrivate First Class · May 12, 1969
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.