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JAMES ALVIN PHIPPS
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
January 16, 1949 – June 11, 1968
Service recordJames Alvin Phipps, of Compton, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on June 11, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 58W, Line 28 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 58W · Line 28
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Cannoneer (0811)
- Born
- January 16, 1949
- Home of record
- Compton, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 11, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
51 names on the Wall carry the date June 11, 1968; 17 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 58W, Line 28
- ROBERT JOSEPH IRWINLance Corporal · June 11, 1968
- RAYMOND CASTILLO MORAPrivate First Class · June 11, 1968
- WILLIE OVERSTREET JRSpecialist Five · June 11, 1968
- DWIGHT ANTHONY PRICEPrivate First Class · June 11, 1968
From Compton
- BARRY JAMES SITLERLance Corporal · December 10, 1965
- JOSEPH RAY REYNOLDSLance Corporal · March 4, 1966
- IGNACIO HUICOCHEA-REYNASpecialist Four · March 15, 1966
- ALEXANDER D RODARTEPrivate First Class · March 19, 1966
- PHILLIPS LAMARRSpecialist Four · April 13, 1966
- MELVIN BARBERSergeant · August 19, 1966
- ALEXANDER VERA HERNANDEZPrivate First Class · September 7, 1966
- ROBERT EMMETT MURPHY JRPrivate First Class · December 21, 1966
- JAMES ANDERSON JRPrivate First Class · February 28, 1967
- RICHARD CHARLES GUPTONSpecialist Four · May 6, 1967
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.