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PHILIP THOMAS REGAN JR
Sergeant · U.S. Army
December 3, 1947 – April 27, 1969
Service recordPhilip Thomas Regan JR, of Adelphi, Maryland, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on April 27, 1969, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 26W, Line 67 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 26W · 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. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- December 3, 1947
- Home of record
- Adelphi, Maryland (Prince George's County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 27, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
45 names on the Wall carry the date April 27, 1969; he was the only one lost in Bình Dương Province that day. In April 1969, 1,023 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 59 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 26W, Line 67
- CHARLES EDWARD REDDSergeant First Class · April 27, 1969
- LESLEY STEVEN REITERSergeant · April 27, 1969
- LORNE JAY SIPPERLEYSpecialist Five · April 27, 1969
- GARY ROY SMITHSpecialist Four · April 27, 1969
From Adelphi
- THOMAS MICHAEL KILCULLENCaptain · August 26, 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.