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PHILIP MICHAEL WERBISKI
Major · U.S. Army
November 30, 1936 – August 19, 1969
Service recordPhilip Michael Werbiski, of Kankakee, Illinois, served as a Major in the U.S. Army. He died on August 19, 1969, in Laos, at age 32. His name is inscribed on Panel 19W, Line 75 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19W · Line 75
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
- Major (MAJ)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Born
- November 30, 1936
- Home of record
- Kankakee, Illinois (Kankakee County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 19, 1969
- Age
- 32
- Country
- Laos
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
57 names on the Wall carry the date August 19, 1969. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in Laos while the air war over Laos was under way. From 1964 to 1973, U.S. aircraft bombed the Ho Chi Minh Trail and supported the war in northern Laos; many of the Americans lost over Laos were never recovered.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 19W, Line 75
- ROBERT JAMES WAGNERPrivate · August 19, 1969
- JAMES RALPH WALLACEPrivate First Class · August 19, 1969
- MARK HEYWOOD WARDPrivate First Class · August 19, 1969
- JOHN RAYMOND WATTSPrivate First Class · August 19, 1969
From Kankakee
- PATRICK FRANCIS BECKPrivate First Class · August 31, 1965
- RICHARD CROSBY CLARKSpecialist Four · November 18, 1965
- ROBERT CHARLES JOHNSONPrivate First Class · June 20, 1966
- GENNARO JOSEPH DECARLOCorporal · August 27, 1967
- DEAN PAUL STPIERRECaptain · May 22, 1968
- CHARLES DONALD JONESPetty Officer First Class · February 19, 1969
- NELSON LEPORT HORCHEM JRSpecialist Four · March 30, 1969
- EDDIE SAM RANDALL JRSpecialist Four · March 15, 1970
- JIMMY ODENEALPrivate First Class · March 12, 1971
- JEROME EDWARD LEROYSpecialist Four · March 22, 1971
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.