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PHILLIP LESLEY MACLEOD
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
February 28, 1947 – May 17, 1969
Service recordPhillip Lesley Macleod, of Glendale, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 17, 1969, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 24W, Line 33 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24W · Line 33
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- February 28, 1947
- Home of record
- Glendale, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 17, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
43 names on the Wall carry the date May 17, 1969; four of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 66 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 24W, Line 33
- JAMES BRUCE JOHNSON SRStaff Sergeant · May 17, 1969
- DOUGLAS EDWARD LOHMEYERCorporal · May 17, 1969
- RONALD EARL PACEPetty Officer Second Class · May 17, 1969
- GILBERT WAYNE PAGESergeant · May 17, 1969
Same unit, same day
- DAVID ROCKWELL CROCKER JRCaptain · Panel 24W, Line 29
From Glendale
- RONALD WAYNE MACKLINWarrant Officer 1 · October 20, 1965
- GARY NELS NELSONCorporal · June 4, 1966
- ALLAN JOSEPH ALTIERIPrivate First Class · June 24, 1966
- RICHARD WAYNE BILLINGSLEYPrivate First Class · August 25, 1966
- GLENN EDWARD INSPRUCKERFirst Lieutenant · September 17, 1966
- GARY THOMAS MCCLAINLance Corporal · December 24, 1966
- BRUCE DIXON PATTERSONLance Corporal · January 13, 1967
- STEPHEN FRANK BURLINGAMESpecialist Four · March 12, 1967
- LARRY ROY STEPHANSecond Lieutenant · May 1, 1967
- RICHARD DUANE KLUGPrivate First Class · November 14, 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.