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DAVID JOSEPH PHILLIPS JR
Captain · U.S. Air Force
May 2, 1934 – July 3, 1966
Service recordDavid Joseph Phillips JR, of Miami Beach, Florida, served as a Captain in the U.S. Air Force. He died on July 3, 1966, in Kien Giang Province, South Vietnam, at age 32. His name is inscribed on Panel 8E, Line 126 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8E · Line 126
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Captain (CAPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Unit (as recorded)
- 10 FTC SQ
- Born
- May 2, 1934
- Home of record
- Miami Beach, Florida (Dade County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 3, 1966
- Age
- 32
- Province
- Kien Giang
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
30 names on the Wall carry the date July 3, 1966; he was the only one lost in Kien Giang Province that day. In July 1966, 562 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 8E, Line 126
- RALPH JOSEPH RENOMaster Sergeant · July 3, 1966
- WILLIAM DWIGHT TAMMENCorporal · July 3, 1966
- BERNARD GORDON WALINSKISergeant · July 3, 1966
- TERRY KENNETH WILKINSPrivate First Class · July 3, 1966
From Miami Beach
- JAMES JOSEPH CARROLLCaptain · October 5, 1966
- TILDEN BRUCE ZANEPrivate First Class · December 7, 1966
- RONNIE ELLIS HOGBINSergeant First Class · May 25, 1969
- ROBERT ALLAN SZPONDERSpecialist Four · July 29, 1970
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.