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HENRY RICHARDSON PHILLIPS
Captain · U.S. Army
May 24, 1940 – September 22, 1968
Service recordHenry Richardson Phillips, of Foster, Rhode Island, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on September 22, 1968, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 28. His name is inscribed on Panel 43W, Line 65 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 43W · Line 65
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
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- May 24, 1940
- Home of record
- Foster, Rhode Island (Providence County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 22, 1968
- Age
- 28
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date September 22, 1968; two of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 80 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 43W, Line 65
- CHARLIE LOPEZ PARTIDAPrivate First Class · September 22, 1968
- WILLIAM GERALD PEELERFirst Sergeant · September 22, 1968
- JOHN HOWARD PRIESTHOFF IICorporal · September 22, 1968
- GREGORY WAYNE RODGERSPrivate First Class · September 22, 1968
Same unit, same day
- RICHARD P CAPUTOPrivate First Class · Panel 43W, Line 61
- ADOLPH BRINKMAN HAMM JRPrivate First Class · Panel 43W, Line 62
- JAMES RAYMOND HOCKETTFirst Lieutenant · Panel 43W, Line 63
- MERREL GERALD SARVELAPrivate First Class · Panel 43W, Line 66
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.