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CHARLES EDWARD PHILLIPS
Private First Class · U.S. Army
September 12, 1945 – November 19, 1966
Service recordCharles Edward Phillips, of Springfield, Missouri, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on November 19, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 12E, Line 91 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12E · Line 91
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- September 12, 1945
- Home of record
- Springfield, Missouri (Greene County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 19, 1966
- Age
- 21
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
37 names on the Wall carry the date November 19, 1966. In November 1966, 641 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 35 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 12E, Line 91
- ROBERT DEWAYNE MCCOWNPrivate First Class · November 19, 1966
- ROBERT GEORGE RUDOLPHSpecialist Four · November 19, 1966
- RICHARD DUANE RUSSELLSeaman · November 19, 1966
- THOMAS ROBERT SERRANOSpecialist Five · November 19, 1966
Same unit, same day
- MERL L CRIPEStaff Sergeant · Panel 12E, Line 87
- MARION WATKINSPrivate First Class · Panel 12E, Line 92
From Springfield
- SHEPHEN HIETT PHILLIPSSergeant · July 18, 1965
- WILBERT CLAUDE DAVISSergeant · October 12, 1965
- DAVID MARSHALL KNIGHTSpecialist Four · March 30, 1966
- DOUGLAS BLAKE HAMILTONPrivate First Class · April 24, 1967
- JACK EUGENE GOSS IIPrivate First Class · June 3, 1967
- RANDALL KERWIN RUSSELLSergeant · July 6, 1967
- ROBERT DEAN CRAWFORDPrivate First Class · October 24, 1967
- JAMES DOYLE STOKESPrivate · November 30, 1967
- CHARLES KIRBY WILCOXCaptain · January 9, 1968
- JIMMIE CHARLES MARRIONPrivate First Class · January 29, 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.