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PHILIP JOHN VEVERA
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
December 21, 1947 – August 23, 1969
Service recordPhilip John Vevera, of Chicago, Illinois, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on August 23, 1969, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 19W, Line 104 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19W · Line 104
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 Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Medical Equipment Repairer (91A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- December 21, 1947
- Home of record
- Chicago, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 23, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date August 23, 1969; four of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 70 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 19W, Line 104
- JUAN LEON GUERRERE DUENASStaff Sergeant · August 23, 1969
- JOHN ROGER ROMOLance Corporal · August 23, 1969
- KENNETH EDWIN SINGERCorporal · August 23, 1969
- JIMMY JOE TENORIOPrivate First Class · August 23, 1969
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM WALTER ELLIS IIISpecialist Four · Panel 19W, Line 100
- DENNIS MAYON MATTOXSpecialist Four · Panel 19W, Line 103
- JUAN LEON GUERRERE DUENASStaff Sergeant · Panel 19W, Line 104
From Chicago
- MELVIN LESTER WATERSPrivate · February 10, 1965
- WILLIAM RALPH FUHRMANPetty Officer Third Class · April 23, 1965
- RAYMOND LEON HORNCorporal · May 1, 1965
- ARTHUR C JEPSON JRCaptain · May 16, 1965
- DONALD CLAY DEDMONStaff Sergeant · June 10, 1965
- ROGER PELIKANLance Corporal · July 17, 1965
- HARRY COHENTechnical Sergeant · July 19, 1969
- CURTIS LOCKHARTPrivate First Class · July 30, 1965
- EDWARD KOPECPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- JAMES LEO WHITELance Corporal · August 19, 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.