The Wall › Panel 32W › Kansas › William Anderson Phalp JR
WILLIAM ANDERSON PHALP JR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
October 2, 1948 – February 10, 1969
Service recordWilliam Anderson Phalp JR, of Mission, Kansas, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on February 10, 1969, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 32W, Line 8 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 32W · 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.
Remember
Did you know him? Family members and friends are invited to share a photograph or a memory. Nothing is posted until it has been reviewed.
Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- October 2, 1948
- Home of record
- Mission, Kansas (Johnson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 10, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
32 names on the Wall carry the date February 10, 1969; five of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 44 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 32W, Line 8
- FREDERICK J MCLAUGHLINSpecialist Four · February 10, 1969
- WILBUR LAWRENCE MILAM IIIPrivate First Class · February 10, 1969
- MICHAEL LESTER NESSPrivate First Class · February 10, 1969
- SAMUEL JOSEPH PARRISHPrivate First Class · February 10, 1969
Same unit, same day
- DANIEL ARTHUR FOSSSergeant · Panel 32W, Line 5
- RICK V JENSENSergeant · Panel 32W, Line 7
- JAMES RICHARD LOVELLCorporal · Panel 32W, Line 7
From Mission
- JACK WARREN PHILLIPSCaptain · October 14, 1967
- GAYLORD BLAIN HENDRICKSONPlatoon Sergeant · June 5, 1968
- DARELD NORVAL BORDERSSergeant · July 2, 1968
- WILLIAM WESLEY SCHOTH IISpecialist Five · March 26, 1969
- GARY JOE BARNETTCaptain · March 21, 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.