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PHILLIP ERNEST NEFF
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
August 15, 1947 – December 25, 1967
Service recordPhillip Ernest Neff, of Mill Hall, Pennsylvania, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on December 25, 1967, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 32E, Line 60 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 32E · Line 60
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Combat Engineer (12B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- B CO 35 ENG BN 34 ENG GRP 18 ENG BDE
- Born
- August 15, 1947
- Home of record
- Mill Hall, Pennsylvania (Clinton County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 25, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date December 25, 1967; he was the only one lost in Long An Province that day. In December 1967, 937 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 32E, Line 60
- JERRY ALAN SELLERSMajor · December 25, 1967
- JOE THOMAS SHUMPERTSpecialist Five · December 25, 1967
- RONALD JAMES SIENGOSecond Lieutenant · December 25, 1967
- EDGAR JOHN UDELLSpecialist Four · December 25, 1967
- HAROLD DAVID WILLIAMSTechnical Sergeant · December 25, 1967
From Mill Hall
- JAMES WILLIAM MAYESPrivate First Class · November 12, 1965
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.