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PHILLIP NEIL TROUGHTON
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
May 15, 1932 – July 28, 1966
Service recordPhillip Neil Troughton, of Whitehall, Michigan, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on July 28, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 34. His name is inscribed on Panel 9E, Line 84 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9E · Line 84
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Firefighter (51M)
- Born
- May 15, 1932
- Home of record
- Whitehall, Michigan (Muskegon County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 28, 1966
- Age
- 34
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Infectious Disease
Context · from the records
What was happening
Nine names on the Wall carry the date July 28, 1966. In July 1966, 562 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 9E, Line 84
- REO OWENSPrivate First Class · July 28, 1966
- RICHARD DEAN POWERPrivate First Class · July 28, 1966
- MICHAEL ROMAN SAMSONPrivate First Class · July 28, 1966
- BENNY LEON SMITHPrivate First Class · July 28, 1966
From Whitehall
- SYLVESTER STANLEY SAGANSergeant · November 12, 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.