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PHILLIP ROBERT VENEKAMP
Sergeant · U.S. Army
March 27, 1944 – June 18, 1967
Service recordPhillip Robert Venekamp, of Valparaiso, Indiana, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on June 18, 1967, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 22E, Line 8 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 22E · Line 8
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
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- March 27, 1944
- Home of record
- Valparaiso, Indiana (Porter County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 18, 1967
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date June 18, 1967; he was the only one lost in Pleiku Province that day. In June 1967, 948 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 25 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 22E, Line 8
- RICHARD LAWSON HIXCorporal · June 18, 1967
- ROBERT KENNETH MCCORVEYLance Corporal · June 18, 1967
- JAMES CLIFFORD MCKITTRICKMajor · June 18, 1967
- MICHAEL DAVID PINKERTONPrivate First Class · June 18, 1967
From Valparaiso
- THOMAS R MANNINGSpecialist Four · February 10, 1967
- NICK JIM GRCICHSergeant First Class · March 20, 1967
- JAMES MAURICE MCGARVEYLieutenant Colonel · April 17, 1967
- GEORGE ALFRED NASH JRLance Corporal · September 6, 1967
- JOEL KENTON BROWNCorporal · February 18, 1968
- EDWARD ROGER CLAYPrivate First Class · June 10, 1968
- GLENN EDWARD MILESSergeant · October 21, 1968
- HOWARD KENNETH COOPERPrivate First Class · November 11, 1968
- JAMES DEE BLASKOSpecialist Four · May 1, 1969
- STEPHEN GREGORY MAUSENSpecialist Four · June 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.