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PHILIP MILTON WOOTEN
Private First Class · U.S. Army
December 7, 1945 – May 12, 1968
Service recordPhilip Milton Wooten, of Bogata, Texas, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 12, 1968, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 59E, Line 16 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 59E · Line 16
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Light Vehicle Driver (64A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- December 7, 1945
- Home of record
- Bogata, Texas (Red River County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 12, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
97 names on the Wall carry the date May 12, 1968; 14 of them were lost in Gia Dinh Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 99 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 59E, Line 16
- DONALD HENRY ZILLGITTPetty Officer Second Class · May 12, 1968
- JOHN AUSTIN ANDERSONSpecialist Four · May 13, 1968
- ALLEN ROY BARNESSpecialist Four · May 13, 1968
- THOMAS MASSIE BOYD IIICorporal · May 13, 1968
Same unit, same day
- ANTHONY PAUL PALUMBOSpecialist Four · Panel 59E, Line 10
From Bogata
- GRAHAM HENRY HOWISONSergeant First Class · July 13, 1969
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.