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PHILLIP ALLEN ELLIOTT
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
March 27, 1949 – March 10, 1970
Service recordPhillip Allen Elliott, of Alpena, Michigan, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on March 10, 1970, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 13W, Line 103 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13W · Line 103
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Armor Crewman (11E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 ARMORED CAV
- Born
- March 27, 1949
- Home of record
- Alpena, Michigan (Alpena County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 10, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
38 names on the Wall carry the date March 10, 1970; six of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In March 1970, 625 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “11 ARMORED CAV”, his unit in the record, lost 18 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 13W, Line 103
- KENNETH WILLIAM COWSERTPrivate First Class · March 10, 1970
- THOMAS WILLIAM DEANStaff Sergeant · March 10, 1970
- DONALD ROBERT DONALDSONFirst Sergeant · March 10, 1970
- LARRY WADE DUKESergeant · March 10, 1970
Same unit, same day
- JOHN PATRICK HENRYSergeant · Panel 13W, Line 104
- DONALD WOODS HOLMANFirst Lieutenant · Panel 13W, Line 104
- STUART BASSETT LAMKINFirst Lieutenant · Panel 13W, Line 105
- DON ROBERT RILEYSpecialist Four · Panel 13W, Line 107
- GEORGE THOMAS SCARBOROUGHPrivate First Class · Panel 13W, Line 107
- ROBERT MICHAEL SMITHSergeant · Panel 13W, Line 108
- KENNETH EDWIN WEDLOWPrivate First Class · Panel 13W, Line 108
From Alpena
- DONALD JOSEPH WOLOSZYKLieutenant Commander · March 1, 1966
- EDWARD PAUL AUSTINPrivate First Class · November 1, 1966
- FREDERICK JOSEPH WOZNIAKMajor · January 17, 1967
- PHILIP BLAINE EMERSONLance Corporal · May 15, 1967
- NED ARTHUR HEATHSpecialist Four · September 6, 1968
- RODNEY MAX CHAPMANLieutenant Commander · February 18, 1969
- GENE PAUL FUSSEYSpecialist Four · October 6, 1969
- THOMAS PAUL SMITHSergeant · September 6, 1970
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.