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PHILLIP EDWARD ROTHAR JR
Sergeant · U.S. Army
December 23, 1947 – April 28, 1969
Service recordPhillip Edward Rothar JR, of Leisure City, Florida, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on April 28, 1969, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 26W, Line 73 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 26W · Line 73
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)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- December 23, 1947
- Home of record
- Leisure City, Florida (Dade County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 28, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
39 names on the Wall carry the date April 28, 1969; he was the only one lost in Bình Dương Province that day. In April 1969, 1,023 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 87 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 26W, Line 73
- KENNETH ERBIE POLKPrivate First Class · April 28, 1969
- RICHARD JOHN REARDONLieutenant (junior grade) · April 28, 1969
- JAMES HERBERT REHBERGPrivate First Class · April 28, 1969
- LARRY WAYNE RHODESPrivate First Class · April 28, 1969
Same unit, same day
- GERALD FRANK COULTHARTSpecialist Four · Panel 26W, Line 69
- CARL RAY HOUSERSpecialist Four · Panel 26W, Line 71
- COURTNEY A SKINNERSpecialist Four · Panel 26W, Line 74
From Leisure City
- RONALD GEORGE NEUBAUERCaptain · February 14, 1970
- WILLIAM DONALD CHAMBLEECorporal · July 26, 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.