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PHILLIP GENE CANTRELL
Private · U.S. Marine Corps
April 14, 1949 – December 22, 1967
Service recordPhillip Gene Cantrell, of Delano, California, served as a Private in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on December 22, 1967, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 32E, Line 43 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 32E · Line 43
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 (PVT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- April 14, 1949
- Home of record
- Delano, California (Kern County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 22, 1967
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
37 names on the Wall carry the date December 22, 1967; two of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In December 1967, 937 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 32E, Line 43
- WILMER PAUL COOKLieutenant Commander · December 22, 1967
- ROBERT WESLEY COOPERSpecialist Four · December 22, 1967
- STANLEY WILLIAM DRIZASergeant · December 22, 1967
From Delano
- NARCISO BERTOMEN JRLance Corporal · August 24, 1965
- ROGER C MITCHELLCorporal · January 5, 1967
- BALDOMERO ARTURO NADALCorporal · April 15, 1967
- HENRY FRANCE ASUNCIONLance Corporal · November 27, 1968
- LEROY ERNEST HALBERT JRSergeant · December 31, 1970
- EDWARD JOSEPH LOPEZPrivate · November 28, 1971
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.