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DENNIS L PHILLIPS
Private First Class · U.S. Army
July 22, 1947 – July 7, 1966
Service recordDennis L Phillips, of Marietta, Ohio, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on July 7, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 9E, Line 6 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9E · Line 6
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- July 22, 1947
- Home of record
- Marietta, Ohio (Washington County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 7, 1966
- Age
- 18
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date July 7, 1966. In July 1966, 562 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 13 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 9E, Line 6
- WILLIAM VALRIE PHARRISPrivate First Class · July 7, 1966
- CURTIS H RANSDELLSergeant · July 7, 1966
- ROBERT JOHN RUGGIEROPrivate First Class · July 7, 1966
- DANNY ROY SIMPSONLance Corporal · July 7, 1966
From Marietta
- RONALD CHARLES DAILEYSpecialist Four · May 29, 1967
- DAVID CLIFTON SCARBROUGHPrivate First Class · February 25, 1968
- FREDERICK WAYNE TAYLORSpecialist Five · May 15, 1968
- JOSEPH DELMAR RUTTER JRPrivate First Class · May 23, 1968
- DONALD KEITH VADAKINSpecialist Four · December 11, 1968
- JAMES HERBERT DYECorporal · May 13, 1969
- THOMAS MICHAEL BROCKMEIERPrivate First Class · March 7, 1970
- SCOTT RONDAL COPLINCorporal · April 21, 1970
- BRUCE CHARLES SHOVERPrivate First Class · January 16, 1971
- DOUGLAS MILTON SEELEYCaptain · March 17, 1971
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.