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PHILLIP EDWARD SLAUGHTER
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
March 22, 1949 – September 11, 1968
Service recordPhillip Edward Slaughter, of Kansas City, Missouri, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on September 11, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 44W, Line 30 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 44W · Line 30
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
- Machinegunner (0331)
- Born
- March 22, 1949
- Home of record
- Kansas City, Missouri (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 11, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
63 names on the Wall carry the date September 11, 1968; 21 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 44W, Line 30
- CURTIS ORAN SMITH JRStaff Sergeant · September 11, 1968
- DOUGLAS MARK SMITHCorporal · September 11, 1968
- THOMAS DAVID SMITHSpecialist Four · September 11, 1968
- STEPHEN DUANE SPARKS SRFirst Lieutenant · September 11, 1968
From Kansas City
- PATRICK PEARSE MANNINGPrivate First Class · July 30, 1965
- FRANK ALLEN GIVENPrivate First Class · August 24, 1965
- MICHAEL STEVENS HARRISPrivate First Class · December 9, 1965
- LESTER A ROGERSFirst Lieutenant · February 28, 1966
- JEROME NIXONPrivate First Class · March 23, 1966
- CHARLES R LAWHONWarrant Officer 1 · May 6, 1966
- JAMES PAUL DEBRULERPrivate First Class · May 21, 1966
- DAYTON WILLIAM RAGLANDColonel · May 31, 1966
- ROBERT WILLIAM PECKPrivate First Class · July 10, 1966
- EUGENE JOLLYSpecialist Five · July 11, 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.