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BURTON KEENEY PHILIPS JR
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
May 25, 1944 – November 24, 1969
Service recordBurton Keeney Philips JR, of Clayton, Missouri, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on November 24, 1969, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 16W, Line 118 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16W · Line 118
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. Army
- Rank
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Tank Unit Commander (1203)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- May 25, 1944
- Home of record
- Clayton, Missouri (St Louis County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 24, 1969
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
35 names on the Wall carry the date November 24, 1969; he was the only one lost in Bình Dương Province that day. In November 1969, 660 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 41 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 16W, Line 118
- JAMES RANDLE JONES JRSpecialist Four · November 24, 1969
- PETER RICHARD MATTHESMajor · November 24, 1969
- RONALD LEON OLSONSpecialist Four · November 24, 1969
- ALLEN DEAN PERKINSWarrant Officer 1 · November 24, 1969
From Clayton
- LONNIE MICHAEL REEVESLance Corporal · November 28, 1968
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.