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PHILIP GEORGE COLONNA
Sergeant · U.S. Army
December 4, 1944 – June 8, 1968
Service recordPhilip George Colonna, of Howard Beach, New York, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on June 8, 1968, in Dinh Tuong Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 58W, Line 3 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 58W · Line 3
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- December 4, 1944
- Home of record
- Howard Beach, New York (Queens County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 8, 1968
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Dinh Tuong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date June 8, 1968; six of them were lost in Định Tường Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 118 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 58W, Line 3
- JIMMY ONEAL CROFTPrivate First Class · June 8, 1968
- THOMAS ALLEN EDMONDSpecialist Four · June 8, 1968
- RONALD EDMOND FORGETSergeant · June 8, 1968
- KIRBY LYNN HAMBYSpecialist Four · June 8, 1968
Same unit, same day
- ERIC ARNOLD ANDERSONPrivate First Class · Panel 58W, Line 1
- GERALD JAMES FROSTCorporal · Panel 58W, Line 2
- THOMAS ALLEN EDMONDSpecialist Four · Panel 58W, Line 3
- KIRBY LYNN HAMBYSpecialist Four · Panel 58W, Line 3
- CHARLES JONES JRCorporal · Panel 58W, Line 4
- DANIEL LEO STOCKERPrivate First Class · Panel 58W, Line 5
From Howard Beach
- WALTER JOSEPH WETZELPrivate First Class · May 29, 1966
- RUDOLPH ROSSIPrivate First Class · May 18, 1969
- PETER PULASKI JRCorporal · January 4, 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.