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PHILLIP HARRY GREGO
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
July 25, 1946 – August 23, 1966
Service recordPhillip Harry Grego, of Council Bluffs, Iowa, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on August 23, 1966, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 10E, Line 29 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10E · Line 29
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
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- July 25, 1946
- Home of record
- Council Bluffs, Iowa (Pottawattamie County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 23, 1966
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date August 23, 1966; five of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In August 1966, 501 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 10E, Line 29
- ANDRE LOUIS DUBECorporal · August 23, 1966
- R V EDWARDSLance Corporal · August 23, 1966
- WILLIE JAMES FRYERPrivate First Class · August 23, 1966
- KENNETH LEE GLAZEStaff Sergeant · August 23, 1966
- DOUGLAS TERRY PALMERFireman · August 23, 1966
From Council Bluffs
- MELVIN JOSEPH KILLIANColonel · September 30, 1965
- LEONARD LLOYD MCQUINN JRPrivate First Class · September 5, 1966
- PAUL FRANK WIDTFELDT JRSpecialist Four · October 8, 1966
- DENNIS RAY JENSENPrivate First Class · March 5, 1967
- RAYMOND HENRY KNIGHTSpecialist Five · March 25, 1967
- CLIFFORD DALE NELSONMajor · July 25, 1967
- LOUIS NEWTON COOLEY JRLance Corporal · December 16, 1967
- WILLIAM ALLEN IVESPrivate First Class · March 24, 1968
- KENNETH CARL BAXTERLance Corporal · May 1, 1968
- LYLE PRESTON BILLSPrivate First Class · May 17, 1968
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.