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PHILIPP R VOLLHARDT
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
February 28, 1947 – February 2, 1971
Service recordPhilipp R Vollhardt, of West Redding, Connecticut, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on February 2, 1971, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 5W, Line 74 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5W · Line 74
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
- February 28, 1947
- Home of record
- West Redding, Connecticut (Fairfield County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 2, 1971
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
Seven names on the Wall carry the date February 2, 1971; two of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In February 1971, 387 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 13 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 5W, Line 74
- FRANK STAN MCCUTCHEON IIICorporal · February 2, 1971
- FLOYD RICHARDSON JRSpecialist Four · February 2, 1971
- JOHN CHARLES STRAUSERSergeant First Class · February 2, 1971
Same unit, same day
- JOHN CHARLES STRAUSERSergeant First Class · Panel 5W, Line 74
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.