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PHILLIP RANDALL PANNELL
Chief Warrant Officer 2 · U.S. Army
January 19, 1946 – March 14, 1969
Service recordPhillip Randall Pannell, of Plainview, Texas, served as a Chief Warrant Officer 2 in the U.S. Army. He died on March 14, 1969, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 29W, Line 39 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 29W · Line 39
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
- Chief Warrant Officer 2 (CW2)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Helicopter Pilot, Utility And Light Cargo Single Rotor (062B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- January 19, 1946
- Home of record
- Plainview, Texas (Hale County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 14, 1969
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
37 names on the Wall carry the date March 14, 1969; two of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 156 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 29W, Line 39
- WILLIAM LEROY MCFARLANDPrivate First Class · March 14, 1969
- JOEL LE ROY MILLERSergeant · March 14, 1969
- JAMES ROBERT POLLARD JRPrivate First Class · March 14, 1969
- DAVID FRED POPPChief Warrant Officer 2 · March 14, 1969
Same unit, same day
- FREDDIE NICKLYS CHASEWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 29W, Line 36
- DAVID FRED POPPChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 29W, Line 39
From Plainview
- EDWARD HAROLD FOXSecond Lieutenant · September 18, 1965
- JOHNNIE LEE FRAZIERAirman · July 29, 1967
- JIMMY DON ROBERSONPrivate First Class · November 19, 1967
- JOE PENA JRSergeant · December 15, 1967
- KENNETH LEON BLACKMONPrivate First Class · January 10, 1968
- JACK WILLIAM OSBORNSpecialist Four · April 11, 1968
- JIMMY ARDELL AWALTLance Corporal · July 22, 1968
- BILLY EDWARD YARBROUGHCorporal · August 22, 1968
- JAMES BURL HANSARDCaptain · October 23, 1968
- NORMAN CARTER SMOOTSSpecialist Four · March 25, 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.