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PHILIP LAWRENCE JEWELL
Corporal · U.S. Army
October 9, 1949 – November 21, 1969
Service recordPhilip Lawrence Jewell, of Minneapolis, Minnesota, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on November 21, 1969, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 16W, Line 106 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16W · Line 106
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Medical Equipment Repairer (91A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- October 9, 1949
- Home of record
- Minneapolis, Minnesota (Hennepin County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 21, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date November 21, 1969; two of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In November 1969, 660 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 54 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 16W, Line 106
- JOHNNY OWEN BROOKSPrivate First Class · November 14, 1969
- PETER JOSEPH LACEY IIIFirst Lieutenant · November 21, 1969
- WILLIAM FREDERICK LEASECorporal · November 21, 1969
- GRADY LEONARD LEWISStaff Sergeant · November 21, 1969
- JAMES MARSHALL MINCEYCorporal · November 21, 1969
Same unit, same day
- DONALD RAY BOYLESChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 16W, Line 104
- CURTIS RUSSELL FRANTZStaff Sergeant · Panel 16W, Line 105
- PETER JOSEPH LACEY IIIFirst Lieutenant · Panel 16W, Line 106
- JOHNNY WILLIAM TRAINHAMSergeant · Panel 16W, Line 107
- ROBERT KENT WORTHENPrivate First Class · Panel 16W, Line 108
From Minneapolis
- WILLIAM EDWARD SWANSONLieutenant · April 11, 1965
- MICHAEL JOHN ULICSNIPetty Officer First Class · September 8, 1964
- DENNIS LEROY PIERSONPrivate First Class · June 26, 1965
- DON GLENN KNOWLTONWarrant Officer 1 · October 20, 1965
- ROGER MICHAEL MANNIESergeant · October 28, 1965
- TRENT RICHARD POWERSCaptain · October 31, 1965
- DAVID LEONARD UGLANDSecond Lieutenant · November 8, 1965
- WILLIAM MARTIN SAVORENLance Corporal · November 25, 1965
- LAWRENCE FREDRICK RAMAKERSpecialist Four · December 10, 1965
- THOMAS NEWTON SLOANTechnical Sergeant · December 17, 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.