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PHILLIP METZ HORST
Corporal · U.S. Army
November 13, 1950 – June 30, 1970
Service recordPhillip Metz Horst, of Jackson, Mississippi, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on June 30, 1970, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 9W, Line 105 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9W · Line 105
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- November 13, 1950
- Home of record
- Jackson, Mississippi (Hinds County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 30, 1970
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
27 names on the Wall carry the date June 30, 1970; he was the only one lost in Thừa Thiên Province that day. In June 1970, 560 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 53 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 9W, Line 105
- CHARLES RICHARD HESTERStaff Sergeant · June 30, 1970
- GORDON CLARK HILLCaptain · June 30, 1970
- STEVE LEE INBODENSpecialist Four · June 30, 1970
- PAUL LAVERNE JENKINSMaster Sergeant · June 30, 1970
Same unit, same day
- LESTER EUGENE PARKERPrivate First Class · Panel 9W, Line 106
From Jackson
- JOHNNY CRAWFORD SANDERSMaster Sergeant · December 25, 1963
- BYRON HUGH CROTWELLStaff Sergeant · January 13, 1966
- ANDREW L HENRYPrivate First Class · January 14, 1966
- JAMES ALBERT WOODCorporal · March 25, 1966
- JOHN DANIEL ROECKLPrivate First Class · August 2, 1966
- RICHARD A WALTMANPrivate First Class · August 15, 1966
- WILLIAM DEWITT PERKINS JRChief Warrant Officer 2 · August 27, 1966
- JAMES PETER NARD IIILance Corporal · September 18, 1966
- DONAIL MARTINPetty Officer Third Class · November 28, 1966
- TOMMIE LEE MOONEYPrivate First Class · December 11, 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.