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PHILIP J BATTAGLIA JR
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
October 23, 1945 – October 31, 1968
Service recordPhilip J Battaglia JR, of Orlando, Florida, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on October 31, 1968, in Khanh Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 40W, Line 63 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 40W · Line 63
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
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 FIELD FORCE
- Born
- October 23, 1945
- Home of record
- Orlando, Florida (Orange County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 31, 1968
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Khanh Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
47 names on the Wall carry the date October 31, 1968; ten of them were lost in Khanh Hoa Province. In October 1968, 821 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 FIELD FORCE”, his unit in the record, lost 10 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 40W, Line 63
- STEVEN IKE CAVINChief Warrant Officer 2 · October 31, 1968
- JAMES RALPH COOPERPrivate First Class · October 31, 1968
- JAMES ALAN COXStaff Sergeant · October 31, 1968
- ANTONIO H DELA CERDA JRSergeant · October 31, 1968
Same unit, same day
- DONALD HAROLD BARTLETTSpecialist Four · Panel 40W, Line 61
- JOSEPH MICHAEL BOWMANSpecialist Four · Panel 40W, Line 62
- STEVEN IKE CAVINChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 40W, Line 63
- PAUL RICHARD DRISCOLLWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 40W, Line 64
- PATRICK BEVERLY EPPSSpecialist Four · Panel 40W, Line 64
- LARRY KEITH HENDEEFirst Lieutenant · Panel 40W, Line 65
- ALFRED RICHARD MAHONEY JRFirst Lieutenant · Panel 40W, Line 65
From Orlando
- FREDERICK PETER CROSBYLieutenant Commander · June 1, 1965
- RYLAND WHITNEY DRAWDYPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- MALCOLM EDWARD MILLICANSergeant · November 17, 1965
- DORRIS ALBERT IVEYSergeant First Class · January 13, 1966
- JOHN DONALD HETTERLY SRSergeant · January 25, 1966
- ROBERT CURTIS WILLIAMSStaff Sergeant · March 15, 1966
- MARVIN FOY GOODMAN JRLance Corporal · March 20, 1966
- RONALD ALLEN SAPPSpecialist Four · March 23, 1966
- CARY CRADDOCKSergeant · May 4, 1966
- ROOSEVELT HESTLE JRColonel · July 6, 1966
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.