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ANTHONY BRUCE PHILLIPS
Private First Class · U.S. Army
August 12, 1945 – September 21, 1966
Service recordAnthony Bruce Phillips, of Los Angeles, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on September 21, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 10E, Line 130 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10E · Line 130
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- August 12, 1945
- Home of record
- Los Angeles, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 21, 1966
- Age
- 21
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date September 21, 1966. In September 1966, 533 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 51 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 10E, Line 130
- JAMES BURTON MILLSLieutenant Commander · September 21, 1966
- JAMES LLOYD PETTIFORDLance Corporal · September 21, 1966
- JOHN FRANCIS SEWELL JRSergeant · September 21, 1966
- RONALD FRAN VANRAEMDONCKPrivate First Class · September 21, 1966
Same unit, same day
- ARTHUR CARL ALTERWISHERPrivate First Class · Panel 10E, Line 127
- FRANK ARREY JRSergeant · Panel 10E, Line 127
- LOUIS CLARK HINESSergeant · Panel 10E, Line 128
- ROBERT BUFORD JACKSONStaff Sergeant · Panel 10E, Line 128
- BILLY LANE LAUFFERPrivate First Class · Panel 10E, Line 129
- RONALD FRAN VANRAEMDONCKPrivate First Class · Panel 10E, Line 130
From Los Angeles
- JAMES WILLIAM MCNALLYTechnical Sergeant · October 23, 1963
- FRANK JOHN HOLGUINPrivate First Class · March 15, 1964
- RICHARD DEAN GOSSCaptain · August 29, 1964
- JOHN LOWERY MCCOYSergeant First Class · September 26, 1964
- JAMES HENRY MCLEANMaster Sergeant · February 9, 1965
- DWIGHT GLENN FRAKESChief Petty Officer · February 24, 1965
- AARON HAROLD WESTERNPrivate First Class · June 16, 1965
- EDWARD JAMES ANDERSPrivate First Class · June 18, 1965
- MAURICE RICHARD HILLPrivate · June 29, 1965
- WILLIAM WARREN HAILLieutenant Colonel · August 2, 1965
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.