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GREGORY LEE PHILLIPS
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
July 28, 1948 – November 4, 1968
Service recordGregory Lee Phillips, of Albuquerque, New Mexico, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on November 4, 1968, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 39W, Line 18 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 39W · Line 18
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
- Aircraft Maintenance Apprentice (67A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- July 28, 1948
- Home of record
- Albuquerque, New Mexico (Bernalillo County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 4, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date November 4, 1968; four of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In November 1968, 918 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 96 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 39W, Line 18
- PATRICK IRVIN NELMSPrivate First Class · November 4, 1968
- ARTHUR JAMES ROSS JRSpecialist Four · November 4, 1968
- RICHARD ALLEN SETTERSpecialist Four · November 4, 1968
- OTIS RAYMOND SIMPSONSpecialist Five · November 4, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JOHN MARIO FILIPPELLICorporal · Panel 39W, Line 16
- RICHARD ALLEN SETTERSpecialist Four · Panel 39W, Line 18
- BARNEY JOE WHITESpecialist Four · Panel 39W, Line 19
From Albuquerque
- RICHARD ELMER HAMILTONSergeant · October 6, 1962
- RICHARD EUGENE HEISTERFirst Lieutenant · June 2, 1965
- DONALD CHARLES PATCHCaptain · October 2, 1965
- LON M FLETCHERPrivate · October 5, 1965
- PEDRO PADILLASergeant · March 28, 1966
- WILLIAM LEROY WALTONPrivate First Class · April 25, 1966
- GEORGE DAYTON ADAMSSergeant · April 26, 1966
- JACOB HENRY FOWNERPrivate First Class · May 2, 1966
- JUAN DIEGO SANCHEZPrivate First Class · July 22, 1966
- BENNY SENAPrivate First Class · July 25, 1966
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.