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DAVID JEFFERY PHILLIPS
Sergeant · U.S. Army
March 17, 1950 – March 8, 1969
Service recordDavid Jeffery Phillips, of Buffalo, New York, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on March 8, 1969, in Binh Thuan Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 30W, Line 80 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 30W · Line 80
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- March 17, 1950
- Home of record
- Buffalo, New York (Erie County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 8, 1969
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Binh Thuan
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
73 names on the Wall carry the date March 8, 1969; two of them were lost in Binh Thuan Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 44 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 30W, Line 80
- GORDON CHESTER MURRAYSpecialist Four · March 8, 1969
- KENNETH ALLEN PEDERSONSergeant · March 8, 1969
- THOMAS JOSEPH ROACH JRSpecialist Four · March 8, 1969
- PETER LEADBETTER TRIPPFirst Lieutenant · March 8, 1969
Same unit, same day
- WALTER ANDREW CARPENTERWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 30W, Line 73
From Buffalo
- RICHARD MARION SROKACaptain · July 13, 1964
- KENNETH DAVID STANKIEWICZLance Corporal · August 18, 1965
- THEODORE ROOSEVELT CHAMBLEYStaff Sergeant · October 16, 1965
- HENRY JOHN PAWLICK JRSpecialist Four · November 7, 1965
- THOMAS GEORGE HENSONSpecialist Four · November 12, 1965
- WILBUR CURRY JRStaff Sergeant · November 15, 1965
- RICHARD P CORSONPrivate First Class · March 4, 1966
- HENRY JAMES DOSTERCorporal · March 5, 1966
- DUANE KENNETH HEISERPrivate First Class · March 15, 1966
- MICHAEL KELLY MCGUIREAirman · February 16, 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.