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PHILLIP MICHAEL LONG
Private First Class · U.S. Army
October 24, 1949 – April 10, 1970
Service recordPhillip Michael Long, of Radford, Virginia, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on April 10, 1970, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 12W, Line 118 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12W · Line 118
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Light Air Defense Artillery Crewmember (16F)
- Unit (as recorded)
- C BTRY 1 BN 44 ARTY
- Born
- October 24, 1949
- Home of record
- Radford, Virginia (Radford (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 10, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date April 10, 1970; seven of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In April 1970, 730 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 12W, Line 118
- THOMAS MICHAEL LOWESpecialist Four · April 10, 1970
- DOUGLAS CRAIGLOW MABEEFirst Lieutenant · April 10, 1970
- DWIGHT ANDREW MASLINSKISergeant · April 10, 1970
- JOSEPH STEVEN NEMETHPrivate First Class · April 10, 1970
From Radford
- MARION GILMER RUNIONCaptain · February 2, 1967
- CARL REED GIBSONSecond Lieutenant · April 30, 1968
- RAYMOND MORGAN KILBYPrivate First Class · October 1, 1969
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.