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PHILLIP MARK WILSON
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
October 15, 1945 – October 20, 1966
Service recordPhillip Mark Wilson, of Wolfforth, Texas, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on October 20, 1966, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 11E, Line 93 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11E · Line 93
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
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- October 15, 1945
- Home of record
- Wolfforth, Texas (Lubbock County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 20, 1966
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
Ten names on the Wall carry the date October 20, 1966; he was the only one lost in Quảng Tín Province that day. In October 1966, 516 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 11E, Line 93
- RONALD GALE WOLFELieutenant · October 20, 1966
- GEORGE HENRY CHACESpecialist Four · October 21, 1966
- ROBERT FREDERICK EHLERSPrivate · October 21, 1966
- JOSEPH RALPH SIMONEPrivate First Class · October 21, 1966
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.