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BENJAMIN F PHILLIPS JR
Master Sergeant · U.S. Army
May 15, 1930 – October 7, 1967
Service recordBenjamin F Phillips JR, of Tilghman, Maryland, served as a Master Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on October 7, 1967, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 37. His name is inscribed on Panel 27E, Line 66 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27E · Line 66
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Master Sergeant (MSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Intelligence Analyst (96B)
- Born
- May 15, 1930
- Home of record
- Tilghman, Maryland (Talbot County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 7, 1967
- Age
- 37
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date October 7, 1967; he was the only one lost in Bien Hoa Province that day. In October 1967, 906 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 27E, Line 66
- DAVID LAWTON HODGESLieutenant · October 7, 1967
- JAMES LARRY LAWRENCECorporal · October 7, 1967
- JOHNNIE RAY MCMURRAYSergeant · October 7, 1967
- ROBERT JERRY PADGETTCorporal · October 7, 1967
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.