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PHILLIP ANTHONY LOTTA
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
June 12, 1947 – February 25, 1966
Service recordPhillip Anthony Lotta, of Sacramento, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on February 25, 1966, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 5E, Line 77 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5E · Line 77
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)
- G CO 2 BN 9 MAR
- Born
- June 12, 1947
- Home of record
- Sacramento, California (Sacramento County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 25, 1966
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
Eight names on the Wall carry the date February 25, 1966; three of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In February 1966, 513 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 5E, Line 77
- JOHN BERNARD CAUSEYCaptain · February 25, 1966
- NICHOLES SOCHACKIPrivate First Class · February 25, 1966
- JAMES MICHAEL TERMINISeaman · February 25, 1966
- CLYDE WILLIAM WITHEEPrivate · February 25, 1966
From Sacramento
- IRVING ALBERT SELFSergeant · May 19, 1964
- LEONARD PAUL HUDSONFirst Lieutenant · November 19, 1964
- CRAIG LOUIS HAGENSergeant · June 10, 1965
- DAVID LEVANT FELTPrivate First Class · August 17, 1965
- RICHARD GRIFFITH PHILBINPrivate First Class · February 2, 1966
- MICHAEL ANTHONY GILSONPrivate First Class · March 4, 1966
- RICHARD LEE LAWSLieutenant · April 3, 1966
- ROBERT LEE FOSTERPrivate First Class · May 17, 1966
- GERALD C HUNSBARGER IIIPrivate First Class · June 2, 1966
- EDWARD WAYNE BUTLERPrivate First Class · July 22, 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.