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GENE RAY PHIPPS
Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
February 26, 1946 – December 28, 1967
Service recordGene Ray Phipps, of Greensboro, North Carolina, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on December 28, 1967, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 32E, Line 89 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 32E · Line 89
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- February 26, 1946
- Home of record
- Greensboro, North Carolina (Guilford County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 28, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date December 28, 1967; two of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In December 1967, 937 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 32E, Line 89
- JAMES KENNETH PALMERSpecialist Four · December 28, 1967
- JOHNNY LEE ROBINSONCorporal · December 28, 1967
- RONALD JOHN STRECKERTPrivate First Class · December 28, 1967
- ERNESTO TARANGOPrivate First Class · December 28, 1967
From Greensboro
- GLENN CHARLES DYERFirst Lieutenant · October 26, 1964
- THOMAS MONROE CROWPrivate First Class · August 24, 1965
- ALVIN C SLIGHPrivate First Class · November 6, 1965
- GENTRY GRAHAMSpecialist Four · February 24, 1966
- JAMES HAMPTON EDGESpecialist Four · March 5, 1966
- ROGER WARDELL JENKINSPrivate First Class · April 30, 1966
- RONALD CRAIG LOVETTPrivate First Class · June 12, 1966
- JAMES SHREVE HALLChief Master Sergeant · July 29, 1966
- CHESTER DECATUR FEWELLPrivate First Class · January 9, 1967
- BILLY WAYNE FLYNNSecond Lieutenant · January 23, 1967
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.