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PHILIP RAY DEARING
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
October 23, 1947 – May 19, 1971
Service recordPhilip Ray Dearing, of Florence, South Carolina, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 19, 1971, in Phuoc Tuy Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 3W, Line 41 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3W · Line 41
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
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- October 23, 1947
- Home of record
- Florence, South Carolina (Florence County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 19, 1971
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Phuoc Tuy
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
Six names on the Wall carry the date May 19, 1971; he was the only one lost in Phuoc Tuy Province that day. In May 1971, 202 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 8 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 3W, Line 41
- HERBERT SPENCER BARNESPrivate First Class · May 19, 1971
- MIKLE EUGENE DIXONPrivate First Class · May 19, 1971
- MICKEY DANIEL LANGPrivate First Class · May 19, 1971
- HAROLD DEAN WALLERCorporal · May 19, 1971
From Florence
- SYLVESTER JACKSON JRSpecialist Four · February 7, 1966
- JOHNNY WILLIAM LLEWELLYNStaff Sergeant · August 5, 1966
- EARL MATTHEWS JRStaff Sergeant · September 9, 1966
- HUGH WILLIAM WELLONSFirst Lieutenant · October 13, 1966
- EDDIE BOYD COOKE JRStaff Sergeant · December 19, 1966
- ANTHONY L FRANKSLance Corporal · August 8, 1967
- HAZEL H HUMPHRIES IIICorporal · August 9, 1967
- MARION LEE MEGGSLance Corporal · November 16, 1967
- ROLAND K DAVISMajor · January 25, 1968
- HARLEY B HACKETT IIICaptain · July 24, 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.