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PHILIP KENNETH DORN
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
April 23, 1945 – June 4, 1966
Service recordPhilip Kenneth Dorn, of Shrewsbury, New Jersey, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on June 4, 1966, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 8E, Line 6 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8E · Line 6
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
- Rifleman (0311)
- Unit (as recorded)
- C CO 1 BN 5 MAR 1 MARDIV
- Born
- April 23, 1945
- Home of record
- Shrewsbury, New Jersey (Monmouth County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 4, 1966
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date June 4, 1966; five of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In June 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 8E, Line 6
- DENTON WINSLOW CROCKER JRPrivate First Class · June 4, 1966
- GARY JACK FOSTERCorporal · June 4, 1966
- CHARLES WESLEY GOBER JRSergeant · June 4, 1966
- WAYNE HYDEPrivate · June 4, 1966
From Shrewsbury
- LANTIE LAWRENCE HARRIS JRLance Corporal · October 11, 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.