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PHILLIP HENRY KILVER
Sergeant · U.S. Army
June 25, 1949 – October 25, 1970
Service recordPhillip Henry Kilver, of Bluffs, Illinois, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on October 25, 1970, in Darlac Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 6W, Line 21 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6W · Line 21
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
- Equipment Maintenance Clerk (71T)
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- June 25, 1949
- Home of record
- Bluffs, Illinois (Scott County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 25, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Darlac
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
Ten names on the Wall carry the date October 25, 1970; two of them were lost in Darlac Province. In October 1970, 318 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM”, his unit in the record, lost 36 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 6W, Line 21
- MAX EDWARD CARROLLSpecialist Four · October 25, 1970
- ALBERT F GRAHAM JRSpecialist Four · October 25, 1970
- TIMOTHY ROBERT OWNBEYSpecialist Four · October 25, 1970
- KIM WILLIAM WIDMERSpecialist Four · October 25, 1970
Same unit, same day
- ALBERT F GRAHAM JRSpecialist Four · Panel 6W, Line 21
From Bluffs
- JAMES EDWARD HUTTONSpecialist Four · March 11, 1967
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.