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PHILLIP WARREN TOMPKINS
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
March 23, 1949 – September 14, 1968
Service recordPhillip Warren Tompkins, of Globe, Arizona, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on September 14, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 44W, Line 60 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 44W · Line 60
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- March 23, 1949
- Home of record
- Globe, Arizona (Gila County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 14, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date September 14, 1968; six of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 44W, Line 60
- CHARLES WILLIAM SETHSpecialist Four · September 14, 1968
- HARRY WILLIAM UNDERWOODPrivate · September 14, 1968
- ROBERT PAUL WALSHSpecialist Four · September 14, 1968
- LILO ELMER ALDOUSCorporal · September 15, 1968
From Globe
- JAMES ANDREW LEESeaman · October 26, 1966
- FERNANDO MENDOZA QUINTEROSergeant First Class · February 27, 1968
- PAUL FRANK SANCHEZCorporal · May 31, 1968
- FLOYD ANDREW DEALSergeant · April 7, 1969
- DENNIS ELBERT GILLILANDSpecialist Four · February 20, 1971
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.