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EARL GENE PHILLIPS
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
November 8, 1945 – November 6, 1965
Service recordEarl Gene Phillips, of War, West Virginia, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on November 6, 1965, in South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 3E, Line 26 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3E · Line 26
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- November 8, 1945
- Home of record
- War, West Virginia (Mcdowell County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 6, 1965
- Age
- 19
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
30 names on the Wall carry the date November 6, 1965. In November 1965, 545 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 318 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 3E, Line 26
- THOMAS EDGAR MURRAYLieutenant (junior grade) · October 28, 1965
- JAMES MOONEYPrivate First Class · November 6, 1965
- RICHARD ALLEN NOELKEPrivate First Class · November 6, 1965
- WILLIE CLARENCE PICKETTPrivate First Class · November 6, 1965
- PHILLIP KENNETH REAPrivate First Class · November 6, 1965
Same unit, same day
- JAMES LOUIS ALLENPrivate First Class · Panel 3E, Line 22
- JAMES WILLIAM BARKSDALESergeant · Panel 3E, Line 23
- JAMES J CRAFTONPrivate First Class · Panel 3E, Line 23
- CLYDE RUSSEL HERMANSpecialist Four · Panel 3E, Line 23
- TIMOTHY HOLTON JOHNSONPrivate First Class · Panel 3E, Line 24
- JOHN K KEAO IIIPrivate First Class · Panel 3E, Line 24
- FELIX DELOACH KING JRSecond Lieutenant · Panel 3E, Line 24
- DENNIS LICHOTASpecialist Four · Panel 3E, Line 24
- MILES HILTON LOPER JRSergeant · Panel 3E, Line 24
- JUSTIN MARSHALL LYNCHPrivate First Class · Panel 3E, Line 25
- THOMAS HARRY MAYNARDPrivate First Class · Panel 3E, Line 25
- JOSEPH PATRICK MINNOCKPrivate First Class · Panel 3E, Line 25
- ANTHONY EUGENE PENDOLAPrivate First Class · Panel 3E, Line 25
- WILLIAM ANDERSON SULLIVANSergeant · Panel 3E, Line 25
- JAMES MOONEYPrivate First Class · Panel 3E, Line 26
- RICHARD ALLEN NOELKEPrivate First Class · Panel 3E, Line 26
- WILLIE CLARENCE PICKETTPrivate First Class · Panel 3E, Line 26
- PHILLIP KENNETH REAPrivate First Class · Panel 3E, Line 26
- RUDOLPH RODRIGUEZCorporal · Panel 3E, Line 27
- DANIEL SANTOS-TRUJILLOPrivate First Class · Panel 3E, Line 27
- VARIS SAVAGE JRSergeant · Panel 3E, Line 27
- LOUIS SHERRODSergeant · Panel 3E, Line 27
- ALVIN C SLIGHPrivate First Class · Panel 3E, Line 27
- RALPH NATHANIEL SMITHStaff Sergeant · Panel 3E, Line 28
From War
- WAYMAN DEWEY MORRISPrivate First Class · May 31, 1968
- VARISE HELTON CRABTREE JRSpecialist Five · October 11, 1968
- ROBERT LEE LEMONSSpecialist Four · May 12, 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.