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PHILLIP EDWARD MINTON
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
October 21, 1948 – February 18, 1969
Service recordPhillip Edward Minton, of Clinton, Tennessee, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on February 18, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 32W, Line 55 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 32W · Line 55
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Mortarman (0341)
- Born
- October 21, 1948
- Home of record
- Clinton, Tennessee (Anderson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 18, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date February 18, 1969; four of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 32W, Line 55
- MARLIN MARK JONES JRSeaman · February 18, 1969
- CARL EUGENE KELLY JRLance Corporal · February 18, 1969
- MARWICK LEROY KEMPGunnery Sergeant · February 18, 1969
- ROBERT IRWIN MEEKERSergeant · February 18, 1969
From Clinton
- WILLIAM DON DAUGHERTYPrivate First Class · February 4, 1967
- EDWARD DEAN DISONCorporal · March 3, 1967
- GOMER DAVIS HOSKINS JRSergeant First Class · March 26, 1967
- JOHN TRAVIS DAVISSergeant · May 28, 1969
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.