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PHILLIP ALLEN DUCAT
Captain · U.S. Marine Corps
September 4, 1939 – September 25, 1966
Service recordPhillip Allen Ducat, of Ft Wayne, Indiana, served as a Captain in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on September 25, 1966, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 27. His name is inscribed on Panel 11E, Line 13 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11E · Line 13
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
- Captain (CAPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Pilot Hmh (7335)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 16 MAG 1 MAW
- Born
- September 4, 1939
- Home of record
- Ft Wayne, Indiana (Allen County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 25, 1966
- Age
- 27
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
36 names on the Wall carry the date September 25, 1966; 15 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In September 1966, 533 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
Also on Panel 11E, Line 13
- LARRY JAMES CALLOWAYSergeant · September 25, 1966
- RONALD MARCEL CRAWNCorporal · September 25, 1966
- CLIFTON EMMET CUSHMANMajor · September 25, 1966
- GARY RUSSELL DOPPPrivate First Class · September 25, 1966
From Ft Wayne
- LYNN HARLEY ROTHENBUHLERSecond Lieutenant · December 28, 1963
- JOHN EDWARD KINGCaptain · December 11, 1964
- MERLE O VANALSTINEStaff Sergeant · February 10, 1965
- MERLIN EUGENE MARQUARDTLance Corporal · August 18, 1965
- TERRY TIM WRIGHTPrivate First Class · October 10, 1965
- DONALD ROSS GRIBLERSpecialist Four · January 25, 1966
- WILLIAM ROBERT WALLACESergeant · February 14, 1966
- STEPHEN EUGENE LAIERSpecialist Four · February 15, 1966
- MAJOR ARNOLD JRLance Corporal · August 24, 1965
- MARIO CLAYTON KITTSCorporal · March 5, 1966
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.