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PHILIP SEAN BANCROFT
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
June 11, 1949 – September 30, 1968
Service recordPhilip Sean Bancroft, of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on September 30, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 42W, Line 45 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 42W · Line 45
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
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- June 11, 1949
- Home of record
- Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (Allegheny County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 30, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
38 names on the Wall carry the date September 30, 1968; seven of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 42W, Line 45
- GENE ALLEN LAUERTechnical Sergeant · September 24, 1968
- ROBERT JAMES BARRYPrivate First Class · September 30, 1968
- PHILIP ARTHUR BEASLEYHospitalman · September 30, 1968
- BOBBY JAMES BROWNStaff Sergeant · September 30, 1968
- SAMUEL MCARTHUR CAVINSCorporal · September 30, 1968
From Pittsburgh
- CLEVELAND WILLIAM GORDONMajor · January 7, 1964
- THEODORE ALAN WINOWITCHPrivate First Class · December 30, 1964
- CHARLES FREDRICK CLYDESDALELieutenant (junior grade) · March 15, 1965
- WILLIAM DONAVAN BENNINGStaff Sergeant · May 11, 1965
- FRANK HUFFORD BLANKSergeant · August 18, 1965
- JOHN L JEMISONPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- FRANK JOSEPH NADANY JRSergeant First Class · October 31, 1965
- RUSSELL EARL HAMMONDSergeant First Class · November 5, 1965
- HARRY FRANCIS JEDRZEJEWSKIPlatoon Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- RONALD JOSEPH LOERLEINSergeant · November 25, 1965
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.