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PHILIP GORDON ONKALO
Private First Class · U.S. Army
December 7, 1947 – August 5, 1967
Service recordPhilip Gordon Onkalo, of Baltic, Michigan, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on August 5, 1967, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 24E, Line 81 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24E · Line 81
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Heavy Anti-Armor Weapons Infantryman (11H)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- December 7, 1947
- Home of record
- Baltic, Michigan (Houghton County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 5, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
14 names on the Wall carry the date August 5, 1967; four of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In August 1967, 683 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 23 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 24E, Line 81
- ARLEIGH FRANCIS FELCHSergeant · August 5, 1967
- KENNETH DANIEL HAASLance Corporal · August 5, 1967
- GORDON GENE KROPPPrivate First Class · August 5, 1967
- HARRY BERNARD MCFADDENPlatoon Sergeant · August 5, 1967
Same unit, same day
- CHARLES FRANK BRANDENBURGPrivate First Class · Panel 24E, Line 79
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.