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CHARLES W PHILLIPS JR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
November 30, 1946 – May 6, 1970
Service recordCharles W Phillips JR, of Charleston, South Carolina, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 6, 1970, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 11W, Line 116 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11W · Line 116
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- November 30, 1946
- Home of record
- Charleston, South Carolina (Charleston County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 6, 1970
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
59 names on the Wall carry the date May 6, 1970; three of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In May 1970, 917 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 37 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 11W, Line 116
- GARY ROBERT KIESELBURGCorporal · May 6, 1970
- MICKEY DON PEARSONSpecialist Four · May 6, 1970
- ROBERT LITTLETON PHILLIPSCaptain · May 6, 1970
- CLIFFORD EARL POE JRChief Warrant Officer 2 · May 6, 1970
Same unit, same day
- DENNIS PATRICK CALLAGHANCorporal · Panel 11W, Line 109
From Charleston
- CLARENCE LARRY MOORERCaptain · December 12, 1963
- THEODORE RICHARDSONSpecialist Four · October 2, 1965
- CHARLES GALE DUSINGChief Master Sergeant · October 31, 1965
- EARL CLAYTON GRAHAMSpecialist Four · November 15, 1965
- HAROLD T EDMONDSON JRCorporal · January 30, 1966
- JAMES BRADLEYSergeant · February 5, 1966
- BURTON ALEXANDER BLANTONCaptain · March 30, 1966
- WALTER H ANDERSONPrivate First Class · April 16, 1966
- RANDOLPH CLINTON SCOTTPrivate First Class · May 18, 1966
- HAROLD MACK JRPrivate First Class · May 21, 1966
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.