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PHILIP JAMES ENLOW
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
February 28, 1950 – November 1, 1969
Service recordPhilip James Enlow, of Manhattan, Kansas, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on November 1, 1969, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 16W, Line 13 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16W · Line 13
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
- Specialist Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Utility Helicopter Repairer (67N)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- February 28, 1950
- Home of record
- Manhattan, Kansas (Riley County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 1, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date November 1, 1969; seven of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In November 1969, 660 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 52 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 16W, Line 13
- JOHN ROBERT HAGOODFirst Lieutenant · November 1, 1969
- JIMMY KEN HARRISONSpecialist Five · November 1, 1969
- ERIC THOMAS HARSHBARGERSpecialist Four · November 1, 1969
- JOEL THOMAS LAUStaff Sergeant · November 1, 1969
Same unit, same day
- STANLEY ALTON BROWNFirst Lieutenant · Panel 16W, Line 11
- CHARLES F DANIELSON JRWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 16W, Line 12
- JIMMY KEN HARRISONSpecialist Five · Panel 16W, Line 13
From Manhattan
- DEAN ALBERT KLENDAMajor · September 17, 1965
- BARTON WAINWRIGHT CAREYPrivate First Class · March 26, 1968
- EDWARD THEODORE GORMAN IIICorporal · May 16, 1968
- DAVID GEORGE BRENNERMajor · June 13, 1968
- LEO LARRY HADLEYFirst Lieutenant · August 14, 1968
- ROGER ALAN PARRISHFirst Lieutenant · June 10, 1969
- BILLY RAYMOND CHADWICKSpecialist Four · June 17, 1969
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.