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PHILIP GENE DESLAURIERS
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
August 16, 1944 – August 9, 1969
Service recordPhilip Gene Deslauriers, of South St Paul, Minnesota, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on August 9, 1969, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 20W, Line 117 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20W · Line 117
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
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- August 16, 1944
- Home of record
- South St Paul, Minnesota (Dakota County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 9, 1969
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date August 9, 1969; he was the only one lost in Quảng Trị Province that day. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 20W, Line 117
- JOHN DALE BRINGLance Corporal · August 9, 1969
- VIRGIL LEE CASTLECorporal · August 9, 1969
- PAUL ANTHONY DEVEGTERSpecialist Four · August 9, 1969
- JAMES CHARLES DINESpecialist Five · August 9, 1969
From South St Paul
- ROBERT J MARIZFirst Lieutenant · January 30, 1968
- DENNIS ARTHUR GROTHWarrant Officer 1 · October 19, 1968
- KEITH ALLEN CHRISTOPHERSENLieutenant (junior grade) · January 21, 1973
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.