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PHILLIP R LOONEY
Private First Class · U.S. Army
November 16, 1942 – February 6, 1966
Service recordPhillip R Looney, of Athens, Ohio, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on February 6, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 5E, Line 6 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5E · Line 6
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- November 16, 1942
- Home of record
- Athens, Ohio (Athens County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 6, 1966
- Age
- 23
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date February 6, 1966. In February 1966, 513 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 53 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 5E, Line 6
- JERRY DUANE ESTESLance Corporal · February 6, 1966
- JOSEPH DONALD GUERREROSpecialist Four · February 6, 1966
- TIMOTHY LEE HAYESPrivate First Class · February 6, 1966
- ROBERT LOUIS HOPKINSSpecialist Five · February 6, 1966
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM L ARMSTRONGSpecialist Four · Panel 5E, Line 5
- DENNIS LACO MORGANPrivate First Class · Panel 5E, Line 7
- WILLIAM JOHN STALNECKERPrivate First Class · Panel 5E, Line 7
- JAMES BAKER WOODS IIICaptain · Panel 5E, Line 8
From Athens
- DENNIS KEITH ERDOSSpecialist Four · December 17, 1966
- JOSEPH A BODNARFirst Lieutenant · May 19, 1968
- LOWELL ROGER GROVESPrivate First Class · March 6, 1969
- LARRY EUGENE SPAULDINGLance Corporal · May 12, 1969
- VIRGIL LEE CASTLECorporal · August 9, 1969
- FRANK HAROLD MILLER JRCorporal · September 19, 1970
- FINLEY AUSTIN RICECorporal · December 22, 1970
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.