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PHILLIP O GUILLEN
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
March 10, 1948 – February 2, 1968
Service recordPhillip O Guillen, of San Jose, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on February 2, 1968, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 36E, Line 73 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 36E · Line 73
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 FIELD FORCE
- Born
- March 10, 1948
- Home of record
- San Jose, California (Santa Clara County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 2, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
130 names on the Wall carry the date February 2, 1968; 17 of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 FIELD FORCE”, his unit in the record, lost 20 of its members that month.
He died in Bình Dương Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 36E, Line 73
- PHILIP RONALD CHASSIONMaster Sergeant · February 2, 1968
- GEORGE JOSEPH GOTTWALD JRSpecialist Four · February 2, 1968
- GILBERT LEE HAMILTONSergeant First Class · February 2, 1968
- ALLEN CARSON HARDISONSpecialist Five · February 2, 1968
Same unit, same day
- HOLLIS RAY HALEStaff Sergeant · Panel 36E, Line 67
- DENNIS J MILLERSpecialist Four · Panel 36E, Line 79
- JOHNNIE N SHEARES JRSpecialist Four · Panel 36E, Line 87
- TIMOTHY LEE WHITESpecialist Four · Panel 37E, Line 2
From San Jose
- JOHN WILLIAM IRVING JRFirst Lieutenant · May 8, 1965
- WARREN LESTER ANDERSONCaptain · January 13, 1966
- AUGUSTO MARIA XAVIERFirst Lieutenant · March 10, 1966
- LARRY MICHAEL JORDANLieutenant Commander · April 12, 1966
- RICHARD MICHAEL PATRICKSpecialist Four · May 17, 1966
- GEORGE ALLEN WALDRONPrivate First Class · October 3, 1966
- DALLAS GEORGE GRUNDYPrivate First Class · November 5, 1966
- WILLIAM ALLEN PALENSKEPrivate First Class · November 18, 1966
- RAYMOND BERNAL JRSpecialist Four · November 30, 1966
- WILLIAM DONALD COOK JRSergeant · December 17, 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.