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GERALD ARTHUR PHILLIPS
Specialist Six · U.S. Army
June 10, 1934 – June 19, 1968
Service recordGerald Arthur Phillips, of Erwin, North Carolina, served as a Specialist Six in the U.S. Army. He died on June 19, 1968, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 34. His name is inscribed on Panel 56W, Line 37 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 56W · Line 37
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 Six (SP6)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Communications Electronics Materiel Supply Specialist (76U)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- June 10, 1934
- Home of record
- Erwin, North Carolina (Harnett County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 19, 1968
- Age
- 34
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
50 names on the Wall carry the date June 19, 1968; he was the only one lost in Bình Định Province that day. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 45 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 56W, Line 37
- CHARLES ANTHONY MCKINNEYSpecialist Four · June 19, 1968
- ROBERT A MCLOUGHLIN JRCorporal · June 19, 1968
- PAUL LAVERNE OAKES JRFirst Lieutenant · June 19, 1968
- LARRY REX OLSONPrivate First Class · June 19, 1968
Same unit, same day
- CHARLES MICHAEL COTTONChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 56W, Line 32
From Erwin
- RICHARD FLOYD MASONPrivate First Class · November 23, 1967
- JERRY ALLEN DENNISSpecialist Four · October 31, 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.