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PHILIP RICHARD VANASSE
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
September 8, 1939 – May 8, 1967
Service recordPhilip Richard Vanasse, of Northampton, Massachusetts, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 8, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 27. His name is inscribed on Panel 19E, Line 67 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19E · Line 67
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Aircraft Cryptographic Systems Technician, Ima (6422)
- Born
- September 8, 1939
- Home of record
- Northampton, Massachusetts (Hampshire County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 8, 1967
- Age
- 27
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
71 names on the Wall carry the date May 8, 1967; 11 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 19E, Line 67
- KURT CLARENCE STAABPrivate First Class · May 8, 1967
- THOMAS JACK STEIMERLieutenant (junior grade) · May 8, 1967
- LEO JOSEPH SULLIVAN JRLance Corporal · May 8, 1967
- JAMES RUSSELL VALENTINELance Corporal · May 8, 1967
From Northampton
- LEONARD PETER DEINLEINLance Corporal · March 1, 1969
- LAWRENCE NEIL SAVINOPrivate First Class · May 25, 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.