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PHILIP HOWELL CONVERSE
Hospitalman · U.S. Navy
June 12, 1941 – July 2, 1967
Service recordPhilip Howell Converse, of Dallas, Texas, served as a Hospitalman in the U.S. Navy. He died on July 2, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 22E, Line 99 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 22E · Line 99
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. Navy
- Rank
- Hospitalman (HN)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Hospital Corpsman (HM)
- Unit (as recorded)
- HS CO 1 BN 9 MAR 3 MARDIV
- Born
- June 12, 1941
- Home of record
- Dallas, Texas (Dallas County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 2, 1967
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
127 names on the Wall carry the date July 2, 1967; 93 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In July 1967, 1,057 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “HS CO 1 BN 9 MAR 3 MARDIV”, his unit in the record, lost 9 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 22E, Line 99
- KENNETH EUGENE COESpecialist Four · July 2, 1967
- GEORGE COUTRAKISPrivate First Class · July 2, 1967
- CHARLES ERNEST CRAINPrivate First Class · July 2, 1967
- FRANK DAVILACorporal · July 2, 1967
Same unit, same day
- HECTOR FUENTESHospitalman · Panel 22E, Line 102
- EDWARD ROBERT LOZANOHospitalman · Panel 22E, Line 108
- CHRISTOPHER J MAGUIRE IIIPetty Officer Second Class · Panel 22E, Line 108
- STEPHEN ALBERT MENSHEKHospitalman · Panel 22E, Line 109
- JONATHAN ANSEL SAWYERHospitalman · Panel 22E, Line 114
- THOMAS MICHAEL THOMPSONCorporal · Panel 22E, Line 117
From Dallas
- GLENN MATTESONSecond Lieutenant · March 23, 1961
- CONDON HUNTER TERRYCaptain · June 27, 1963
- ROBERT DONALD WALKERCaptain · April 19, 1965
- LESLIE GENE KINGLieutenant Colonel · August 1, 1965
- DAVID JOHN THOMASCorporal · August 18, 1965
- TED WAYNE QUALLSLance Corporal · August 31, 1965
- GEORGE A WESTMaster Sergeant · September 17, 1965
- JAMES LOUIS FISHERPlatoon Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- JOSEPH CLINTON BRADYPrivate First Class · December 13, 1965
- RONALD GENE MCKINNEYSeaman · December 17, 1965
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.