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PHILIP NEIL MADDOX
Sergeant · U.S. Army
February 17, 1935 – May 28, 1966
Service recordPhilip Neil Maddox, of Lincoln, Nebraska, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 28, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 31. His name is inscribed on Panel 7E, Line 114 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7E · Line 114
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- February 17, 1935
- Home of record
- Lincoln, Nebraska (Lancaster County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 28, 1966
- Age
- 31
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
Ten names on the Wall carry the date May 28, 1966. In May 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 125 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 7E, Line 114
- JACK RUSSELL KOONEPrivate First Class · May 28, 1966
- MICHAEL WILLIAM MULICKPrivate First Class · May 28, 1966
- LEROY ROBINSONPrivate First Class · May 28, 1966
- ALDON MACKAY ASHERMAN JRPetty Officer Third Class · May 29, 1966
Same unit, same day
- JIMMY REX BALLPrivate First Class · Panel 7E, Line 113
- JAMES ANTHONY HARKLESSPrivate First Class · Panel 7E, Line 113
- THOMAS MICHAEL KOCHPrivate First Class · Panel 7E, Line 113
- JACK RUSSELL KOONEPrivate First Class · Panel 7E, Line 114
From Lincoln
- RICHARD LANSING ZICHEKLance Corporal · July 15, 1965
- LEE DAVID ANDERSONStaff Sergeant · February 24, 1966
- HARVEY LEROY ENGELPetty Officer First Class · March 11, 1966
- JOHN A MCCURDYCaptain · April 15, 1966
- JOHN ERNEST JOHNSONSpecialist Four · November 1, 1966
- LARRY LEE FONTAINEPrivate First Class · November 7, 1966
- DAVID JOSEPH RI BRANSTROMHospitalman · December 8, 1966
- WILLIAM ROBERTSStaff Sergeant · February 6, 1967
- MICHAEL CARL NEWMANSpecialist Four · February 6, 1967
- CLARENCE ALFRED KIMMPrivate First Class · March 13, 1967
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.