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PHILIP VILONE JR
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
March 31, 1947 – June 16, 1966
Service recordPhilip Vilone JR, of Fairmont, West Virginia, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on June 16, 1966, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 8E, Line 54 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8E · Line 54
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 3 BN 9 MAR 3 MARDIV
- Born
- March 31, 1947
- Home of record
- Fairmont, West Virginia (Marion County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 16, 1966
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date June 16, 1966; four of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In June 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “3 BN 9 MAR 3 MARDIV”, his unit in the record, lost 3 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 8E, Line 54
- TERRY PETE REDICLance Corporal · June 16, 1966
- RUSSELL JAY SISLEYSenior Master Sergeant · June 16, 1966
- NORMAN SPENCERPrivate First Class · June 16, 1966
- JERRALD RICH THOMPSONCorporal · June 16, 1966
From Fairmont
- EUGENE C SUMMERSSpecialist Four · January 25, 1966
- DANIEL WAYNE STUTLERPrivate First Class · July 4, 1966
- DAVID NORMAN WOLFECorporal · January 23, 1967
- WILLIAM BERNARD CRONINLieutenant Colonel · April 27, 1967
- RICHARD WAYNE GRIFFITHSergeant · July 2, 1967
- GARY HOWARD GRUBBSpecialist Four · January 15, 1968
- JACK EUGENE GORBEYStaff Sergeant · March 8, 1968
- BARRY MICHAEL PATTONLance Corporal · April 2, 1968
- CHARLES LEONARD YATESPrivate First Class · April 2, 1968
- JAMES ROSS RICHMONDPrivate First Class · June 13, 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.