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RICHARD GRIFFITH PHILBIN
Private First Class · U.S. Army
May 13, 1946 – February 2, 1966
Service recordRichard Griffith Philbin, of Sacramento, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on February 2, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 4E, Line 133 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4E · Line 133
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- May 13, 1946
- Home of record
- Sacramento, California (Sacramento County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 2, 1966
- Age
- 19
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
12 names on the Wall carry the date February 2, 1966. In February 1966, 513 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 59 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 4E, Line 133
- DAVID ACEL FAIRCHILDPrivate First Class · February 2, 1966
- JAMES LEE GARDNERCorporal · February 2, 1966
- GERALD CLYDE LYMANPrivate First Class · February 2, 1966
- DENNIS MICHAEL ONEILLPrivate First Class · February 2, 1966
Same unit, same day
- JESSE THOMAS BAILEY JRSergeant · Panel 4E, Line 132
From Sacramento
- IRVING ALBERT SELFSergeant · May 19, 1964
- LEONARD PAUL HUDSONFirst Lieutenant · November 19, 1964
- CRAIG LOUIS HAGENSergeant · June 10, 1965
- DAVID LEVANT FELTPrivate First Class · August 17, 1965
- PHILLIP ANTHONY LOTTAPrivate First Class · February 25, 1966
- MICHAEL ANTHONY GILSONPrivate First Class · March 4, 1966
- RICHARD LEE LAWSLieutenant · April 3, 1966
- ROBERT LEE FOSTERPrivate First Class · May 17, 1966
- GERALD C HUNSBARGER IIIPrivate First Class · June 2, 1966
- EDWARD WAYNE BUTLERPrivate First Class · July 22, 1966
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.