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DENNIS MICHAEL PHILLIPS
Captain · U.S. Army
August 29, 1944 – May 31, 1969
Service recordDennis Michael Phillips, of Irving, Texas, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on May 31, 1969, in Dinh Tuong Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 23W, Line 30 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23W · Line 30
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
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Fixed Wing Aviation Unit Commander (1980)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- August 29, 1944
- Home of record
- Irving, Texas (Dallas County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 31, 1969
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Dinh Tuong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
53 names on the Wall carry the date May 31, 1969; four of them were lost in Định Tường Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 41 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 23W, Line 30
- BILLY WAYNE PETTISPrivate First Class · May 31, 1969
- JOHNNY MACK PILSNERCorporal · May 31, 1969
- PHILIP AVERY PRATTSpecialist Four · May 31, 1969
- ROBERT FRANCIS ROSESpecialist Four · May 31, 1969
Same unit, same day
- BYRON BILL BOWDENSpecialist Four · Panel 23W, Line 25
- STEVEN LOUIS MARTINWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 23W, Line 29
From Irving
- WILLIAM MICHAEL CAINPrivate First Class · May 8, 1967
- THOMAS GLENN MODISETTESergeant · May 21, 1967
- CHARLES ALONZO PARADISEMaster Sergeant · September 4, 1967
- VARDE WESTON SMITH IIICorporal · September 4, 1967
- ARLON DANIEL WALL JRAirman First Class · September 9, 1967
- CLARENCE LOUIS HARLOWPrivate First Class · November 19, 1967
- ROBERT OLEN BUCKNER JRPrivate First Class · December 6, 1967
- CARL WAYNE DORRIESPrivate First Class · January 31, 1968
- HERMAN A MILLER IIPetty Officer Third Class · August 11, 1968
- MICHAEL PETER AARONPrivate · August 14, 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.