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PHILLIP DEAN MONSON
Sergeant · U.S. Army
December 2, 1949 – March 15, 1971
Service recordPhillip Dean Monson, of Gratiot, Wisconsin, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on March 15, 1971, in Long Khanh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 4W, Line 50 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4W · Line 50
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- December 2, 1949
- Home of record
- Gratiot, Wisconsin (Lafayette County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 15, 1971
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Long Khanh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date March 15, 1971; two of them were lost in Long Khanh Province. In March 1971, 429 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 5 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 4W, Line 50
- JERRY WAYNE KIRKENDOLLWarrant Officer 1 · March 15, 1971
- CHARLIE LOUIS LANIERSergeant · March 15, 1971
- WILLIAM DAVID MINERColonel · March 15, 1971
- GREGORY SCOTT MORGANSpecialist Four · March 15, 1971
From Gratiot
- DAVID WALTER KNOUSEPrivate First Class · March 3, 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.