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PHILLIP SHERMAN MOHNIKE
Chief Warrant Officer 2 · U.S. Army
August 7, 1946 – April 27, 1969
Service recordPhillip Sherman Mohnike, of Visalia, California, served as a Chief Warrant Officer 2 in the U.S. Army. He died on April 27, 1969, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 26W, Line 65 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 26W · Line 65
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)
- 11 ARMORED CAV
- Born
- August 7, 1946
- Home of record
- Visalia, California (Tulare County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 27, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
45 names on the Wall carry the date April 27, 1969; four of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In April 1969, 1,023 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “11 ARMORED CAV”, his unit in the record, lost 36 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 26W, Line 65
- LARRY DEAN LOWERYSpecialist Six · April 27, 1969
- LAWRENCE WILLIAM MAHURTERPrivate First Class · April 27, 1969
- WILLIAM JOSEPH MCFARLANDSpecialist Five · April 27, 1969
- ARVIN LEE OQUINNPrivate First Class · April 27, 1969
Same unit, same day
- BERTRAND JAHN DACEYCaptain · Panel 26W, Line 61
- JEFFERY ARNOLD HARVEYSpecialist Four · Panel 26W, Line 63
- LORNE JAY SIPPERLEYSpecialist Five · Panel 26W, Line 67
From Visalia
- DANNY DAVID DYESpecialist Four · May 17, 1966
- ALONZO DALE WOODSSergeant · May 2, 1967
- REYNALDO B FLOREZPrivate First Class · June 26, 1967
- ROGER GORDON LEADBETTERSergeant · February 10, 1968
- JAMES LOUIS KELLERStaff Sergeant · April 17, 1968
- LOUR LEDESMASergeant · April 23, 1968
- MICHAEL MALLORY MONTGOMERYCorporal · May 5, 1968
- CHARLES BENNY HIGHTPrivate · May 1, 1969
- LAWRENCE ROBERT WARFSpecialist Four · January 3, 1970
- FLOYD DANIEL WIMERSergeant · January 27, 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.