The Wall › Panel 9W › Louisiana › Philip Joseph Orgeron
PHILIP JOSEPH ORGERON
Private First Class · U.S. Army
March 24, 1947 – July 6, 1970
Service recordPhilip Joseph Orgeron, of Thibodaux, Louisiana, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on July 6, 1970, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 9W, Line 124 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9W · Line 124
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.
Remember
Did you know him? Family members and friends are invited to share a photograph or a memory. Nothing is posted until it has been reviewed.
Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- March 24, 1947
- Home of record
- Thibodaux, Louisiana
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 6, 1970
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
11 names on the Wall carry the date July 6, 1970; he was the only one lost in Tây Ninh Province that day. In July 1970, 495 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 9 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 9W, Line 124
- LANNY HOWARD BUROFFPetty Officer Second Class · July 6, 1970
- ROBERT G CHOQUETTE JRStaff Sergeant · July 6, 1970
- WENDALL JOSEPH JARRELLSpecialist Four · July 6, 1970
- SANDY HILLY PORTERStaff Sergeant · July 6, 1970
From Thibodaux
- LEROY JOSEPH YOUNGStaff Sergeant · January 23, 1968
- TONY LARUE TATESpecialist Four · March 11, 1968
- GORDON THOMAS MOLAISONCorporal · May 19, 1968
- ERNEST C WILLIAMS JRPrivate First Class · May 25, 1968
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.