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PHILLIP RANDALL DUFF
Sergeant · U.S. Army
December 5, 1951 – July 7, 1972
Service recordPhillip Randall Duff, of Cornelia, Georgia, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on July 7, 1972, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 1W, Line 53 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1W · Line 53
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantry Operations And Intelligence Specialist (11F)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- December 5, 1951
- Home of record
- Cornelia, Georgia (Habersham County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 7, 1972
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
Seven names on the Wall carry the date July 7, 1972; three of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In July 1972, 53 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 4 of its members that month.
He died in Quảng Nam Province while the Easter Offensive was under way. On 30 March 1972, North Vietnam launched its largest offensive since 1968, attacking across the DMZ, toward An Lộc and into the Central Highlands. By then few U.S. ground troops remained; American advisers and air power fought alongside the South Vietnamese.
Also on Panel 1W, Line 53
- HARLAND M DAVIS JRMajor · July 7, 1972
- MANUEL ANSELMO FERNANDEZSpecialist Four · July 7, 1972
- THOMAS PATRICK KEOGHStaff Sergeant · July 7, 1972
- FREDERICK M KOSSFirst Lieutenant · July 7, 1972
Same unit, same day
- JOHN HARRY BROCKSergeant · Panel 1W, Line 52
- MANUEL ANSELMO FERNANDEZSpecialist Four · Panel 1W, Line 53
From Cornelia
- HILLIARD ALMOND WILBANKSCaptain · February 24, 1967
- WESLEY ROBERT SEXTONPrivate First Class · July 9, 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.