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PHILIP HENRY RATHE
First Lieutenant · U.S. Marine Corps
February 3, 1942 – July 19, 1966
Service recordPhilip Henry Rathe, of Mattoon, Illinois, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on July 19, 1966, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 9E, Line 43 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9E · Line 43
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
- First Lieutenant (1STLT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Officer (I) (0302)
- Born
- February 3, 1942
- Home of record
- Mattoon, Illinois (Coles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 19, 1966
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
46 names on the Wall carry the date July 19, 1966; four of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In July 1966, 562 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 9E, Line 43
- JOSE C GOSSESpecialist Four · July 19, 1966
- BERNARD ALAN GREENPlatoon Sergeant · July 19, 1966
- SIM HENRY RIGGINS JRPrivate First Class · July 19, 1966
- TURNER L THOMPSON JRCorporal · July 19, 1966
From Mattoon
- NELSON EARL VANGUNDYCorporal · June 9, 1965
- GARY DON SHIELDSFirst Lieutenant · January 11, 1967
- ROBERT JOE OVERMYERLance Corporal · July 4, 1967
- DALE EARL SHUMBARGERPrivate · November 6, 1967
- JAMES LARRY PHIPPSChief Warrant Officer 3 · January 9, 1968
- MICHAEL KEITH FRIESEPrivate First Class · January 12, 1968
- JOSEPH ROBERT CLIN PIERCELance Corporal · May 5, 1968
- ROBERT GENE HOOPCaptain · May 13, 1968
- AUGUST EMIL CZERWONKACaptain · July 13, 1968
- MICHAEL PAUL SIMPSONSergeant · September 20, 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.