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PHILIP JOHN WAJDA
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
January 19, 1950 – September 19, 1968
Service recordPhilip John Wajda, of Chicago, Illinois, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on September 19, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 43W, Line 44 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 43W · Line 44
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Field Radio Operator (2531)
- Born
- January 19, 1950
- Home of record
- Chicago, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 19, 1968
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
58 names on the Wall carry the date September 19, 1968; 18 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 43W, Line 44
- WILLIAM EDWARD DICK JRSpecialist Four · September 19, 1968
- WILLIAM RICHARD TURNER JRSergeant · September 19, 1968
- MICHAEL KAYE WONDERLICHFirst Lieutenant · September 19, 1968
- RAYMOND HOWARD ALBERT JRSpecialist Four · September 20, 1968
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.