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PHILIP GRANT CHIPCHASE
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
January 19, 1945 – June 15, 1967
Service recordPhilip Grant Chipchase, of Katonah, New York, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on June 15, 1967, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 21E, Line 103 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21E · Line 103
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Unit (as recorded)
- K CO 3 BN 5 MAR 1 MARDIV
- Born
- January 19, 1945
- Home of record
- Katonah, New York (Westchester County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 15, 1967
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
38 names on the Wall carry the date June 15, 1967; nine of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In June 1967, 948 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 21E, Line 103
- JOHN R VANNORMAN IIILance Corporal · June 14, 1967
- HERBERT ALVIN WARNER JRPrivate First Class · June 14, 1967
- BARRY L ADAMPrivate First Class · June 15, 1967
- PAUL BOWMAN JRSpecialist Four · June 15, 1967
From Katonah
- HOWARD JAMES ALAIMOLance Corporal · May 31, 1968
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.