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PHILIP JOHN SCHROCK
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
January 31, 1941 – December 6, 1969
Service recordPhilip John Schrock, of Southgate, Michigan, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on December 6, 1969, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 28. His name is inscribed on Panel 15W, Line 33 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15W · Line 33
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
- Occupation
- Air Observation Pilot (1981)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- January 31, 1941
- Home of record
- Southgate, Michigan (Wayne County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 6, 1969
- Age
- 28
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date December 6, 1969; five of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In December 1969, 509 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 29 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 15W, Line 33
- GEORGE LIVINGSTON MILLERColonel · December 6, 1969
- PETER KALANI MIRANDASpecialist Five · December 6, 1969
- CHARLES GLENNON SCHWARTZStaff Sergeant · December 6, 1969
- TONY RAY TURNERLance Corporal · December 6, 1969
Same unit, same day
- ROLLAND LEON DURFLINGERPrivate First Class · Panel 15W, Line 31
- CHARLES ELTON FERRELLCaptain · Panel 15W, Line 32
- PETER KALANI MIRANDASpecialist Five · Panel 15W, Line 33
From Southgate
- MICHAEL SOROVETZCorporal · May 28, 1967
- VERNON ROBERT STEADPrivate First Class · March 13, 1968
- DONALD RICHARD NORTH JRCorporal · June 1, 1968
- WILLIAM EDWARD SPENS IIIPrivate First Class · August 22, 1968
- DENNIS WILLIAM KOSEBASpecialist Five · September 23, 1968
- BRIAN RICHARD MCNEWSpecialist Four · May 18, 1969
- PATRICK EDWARD MCGOVERNCorporal · July 5, 1969
- JOHN KEITH ANDERSONSpecialist Five · August 10, 1969
- HERMAN JAMES OBYRNSpecialist Four · October 11, 1969
- WILLIAM JOHNSON FRANKLINLance Corporal · September 16, 1970
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.