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A Navy corpsman treats a wounded Marine of H Company, 2nd Battalion, 5th Marines, in Huế, February 1968.
A Navy corpsman treats a wounded Marine of H Company, 2nd Battalion, 5th Marines, in Huế, February 1968. Photo: Sgt. William F. Dickman, USMC, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of Glenn Ross Phillips JR.

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GLENN ROSS PHILLIPS JR

Petty Officer Third Class · U.S. Navy

September 1, 1946 – September 11, 1966

Service record

Glenn Ross Phillips JR, of Seattle, Washington, served as a Petty Officer Third Class in the U.S. Navy. He died on September 11, 1966, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 10E, Line 87 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

On the Wall

Panel 10E · Line 87

Position of Panel 10E on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial

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. Navy
Rank
Petty Officer Third Class (PO3)
Service
Regular
Occupation
Hospital Corpsman (HM)
Born
September 1, 1946
Home of record
Seattle, Washington (King County)

Casualty

Date of death
September 11, 1966
Age
20
Province
Quang Nam
Country
South Vietnam
Casualty type
Hostile
Category
Killed in Action
Circumstance
Explosive Device

Context · from the records

What was happening

Nine names on the Wall carry the date September 11, 1966; seven of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In September 1966, 533 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

Also on Panel 10E, Line 87

From Seattle

All 238 names from Seattle →

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.