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PHILIP MARION SENS
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
June 6, 1943 – October 30, 1965
Service recordPhilip Marion Sens, of Newark, Ohio, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on October 30, 1965, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 3E, Line 7 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3E · Line 7
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
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- June 6, 1943
- Home of record
- Newark, Ohio (Licking County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 30, 1965
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date October 30, 1965; 16 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In October 1965, 236 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 3E, Line 7
- RAYES CISNEROS FLORESPrivate First Class · October 30, 1965
- AARON CRUSOE MURRELLPrivate First Class · October 30, 1965
- ROBERT STEPHEN RUCHCorporal · October 30, 1965
- HAROLD HENRY SCHOCKLance Corporal · October 30, 1965
From Newark
- WALTER B OLIVERSergeant · November 4, 1965
- GRANT A RHODESSergeant · January 4, 1966
- WILLARD DAVID KEERANSergeant · May 24, 1966
- GERALD VERNON EPPLEYPrivate First Class · August 6, 1966
- JACKIE RAY BROWNPrivate First Class · September 29, 1966
- RICHARD JOHN EDRISCommander · November 1, 1966
- GARY WAYNE RITCHEYPrivate First Class · May 20, 1967
- PAUL RICHARD MYERSSpecialist Four · June 13, 1967
- DANIEL LEE KINNARDSpecialist Four · March 9, 1968
- ROBERT WAYNE ELSWICKSpecialist Four · March 16, 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.