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HERBERT LEE PHELPS
Sergeant · U.S. Army
May 23, 1947 – July 8, 1969
Service recordHerbert Lee Phelps, of Valdosta, Georgia, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on July 8, 1969, in Binh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 21W, Line 85 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21W · Line 85
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 ARMORED CAV
- Born
- May 23, 1947
- Home of record
- Valdosta, Georgia (Lowndes County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 8, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Binh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
37 names on the Wall carry the date July 8, 1969; he was the only one lost in Binh Long Province that day. In July 1969, 834 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “11 ARMORED CAV”, his unit in the record, lost 20 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 21W, Line 85
- JIM CAREY PAGEStaff Sergeant · July 8, 1969
- ROBERT WALKER PETERSONSpecialist Four · July 8, 1969
- JOHN SHEPARD REAVES JRSergeant · July 8, 1969
- RUSSELL ALBERT SCHWARTZSpecialist Four · July 8, 1969
From Valdosta
- JOHNNIE PATTERSONPrivate First Class · December 15, 1965
- HORACE ALVESTER HAMPTONPrivate First Class · March 27, 1966
- MAXIE PATTERSONPrivate First Class · August 25, 1966
- CLEVELAND DAVID JONESStaff Sergeant · March 9, 1967
- LAWRENCE KENNETH SEPULVEDASergeant Major · January 7, 1968
- ARTHUR LEE BRUNTPrivate First Class · March 1, 1968
- WILLIE LEE RICHARDSONMaster Sergeant · March 1, 1968
- LARRY LEON MITCHELLSpecialist Four · May 20, 1968
- JAMES WESLEY INMANCorporal · June 16, 1968
- ROY CARROLL REGISTERStaff Sergeant · August 27, 1968
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.