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PHILIP JOSEPH SERNA
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
September 23, 1945 – May 20, 1966
Service recordPhilip Joseph Serna, of Houston, Texas, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 20, 1966, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 7E, Line 91 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7E · Line 91
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Machinegunner (0331)
- Born
- September 23, 1945
- Home of record
- Houston, Texas (Harris County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 20, 1966
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date May 20, 1966; five of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In May 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 7E, Line 91
- LAWRENCE STEPHEN ROBBINSLance Corporal · May 20, 1966
- STANLEY INCILLO SAGONSpecialist Four · May 20, 1966
- OBIE CLYDE SIMMONSPrivate First Class · May 20, 1966
- GEORGE HENRY STAHL JRPrivate First Class · May 20, 1966
From Houston
- JOSEPH MICHAEL FAHEY JRCaptain · February 11, 1962
- JOHN F SHAUGHNESSY JRCaptain · February 3, 1963
- RICHARD DALE HILLAirman Second Class · December 6, 1963
- HUGHIE DARELL ADAMSMajor · January 7, 1964
- ALBERT LAWRENCE SHIMEKPrivate First Class · April 10, 1964
- BYRON CLARK STONECaptain · August 20, 1964
- JAMES EDWARD HAVEMANNWarrant Officer 1 · October 7, 1964
- ROBERT GRAHAM BELLMajor · May 16, 1965
- LEROY ANTHONY BOURGEOISPrivate First Class · June 18, 1965
- ROBERT FILMORE BATSONSergeant · August 18, 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.