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PHILIP NICK GANDOLFO
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
June 18, 1947 – December 28, 1967
Service recordPhilip Nick Gandolfo, of Dearborn, Michigan, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on December 28, 1967, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 32E, Line 87 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 32E · Line 87
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- June 18, 1947
- Home of record
- Dearborn, Michigan (Wayne County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 28, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date December 28, 1967; he was the only one lost in Bình Dương Province that day. In December 1967, 937 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 47 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 32E, Line 87
- JAMES BLAINE COXCorporal · December 28, 1967
- ROLLIN EUGENE GOLIGHTLYPrivate First Class · December 28, 1967
- SALOME HERNANDEZStaff Sergeant · December 28, 1967
- THOMAS BERNARD HOLDBROOKSPrivate First Class · December 28, 1967
Same unit, same day
- KENNETH ALLENSergeant · Panel 32E, Line 84
From Dearborn
- DENNIS CHARLES STANCROFFLance Corporal · December 24, 1965
- DAVID LEON SMITHLance Corporal · February 13, 1966
- DAVID WILLIAM TERWILLIGERPrivate First Class · April 24, 1966
- CHARLES ROBERT TRESCOTTPetty Officer Third Class · May 3, 1966
- EARL SMITHPrivate First Class · June 30, 1966
- JOHN FLOYD COCHRANEFirst Lieutenant · October 24, 1966
- WILBERT GENE PENNELLSpecialist Four · February 21, 1967
- RONALD C SMITHSpecialist Four · March 3, 1967
- ROBERT CHARLES MCKENNAPrivate · March 11, 1967
- RAYMOND JOHN BOROWSKISergeant · May 20, 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.