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FREDDIE JOE PHIFER
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
December 23, 1947 – December 11, 1967
Service recordFreddie Joe Phifer, of Ft Mill, South Carolina, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on December 11, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 31E, Line 82 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 31E · Line 82
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- December 23, 1947
- Home of record
- Ft Mill, South Carolina (York County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 11, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date December 11, 1967; three of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In December 1967, 937 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 31E, Line 82
- LARRY EARL MCCLUNGSeaman · December 11, 1967
- JOHN PAUL PAULSON JRSpecialist Four · December 11, 1967
- KENNETH LEE PUGHSergeant · December 11, 1967
- JAMES G RILEYSpecialist Four · December 11, 1967
From Ft Mill
- CHARLES MELVIN GOUDECorporal · November 12, 1966
- JAMES MONTGOMERY JOHNSTONECaptain · November 19, 1966
- LINDELL RAY STEGALLPrivate First Class · April 3, 1967
- CHARLES REGINALD FERRELLPrivate First Class · August 25, 1967
- RAYMOND ERVIN LONGLance Corporal · October 19, 1967
- JOHNNIE WYLIE POTTSPrivate First Class · February 18, 1968
- SAM HENRY BOYDCorporal · May 28, 1968
- DAVID WESLEY SMITHFirst Lieutenant · November 27, 1968
- LAWRENCE EDWARD SCOTTSpecialist Five · November 25, 1970
- JERRY DONALD HELMSSergeant · April 30, 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.