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JAMES CRAIG MCPHILLIPS
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
May 5, 1948 – October 24, 1969
Service recordJames Craig McPhillips, of La Grange, Illinois, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on October 24, 1969, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 17W, Line 113 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17W · Line 113
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
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Wireman (2511)
- Born
- May 5, 1948
- Home of record
- La Grange, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 24, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date October 24, 1969; two of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In October 1969, 600 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 17W, Line 113
- WILLIAM FRANCIS LARSONSpecialist Five · October 24, 1969
- HERBERT LEE MOORE JRPrivate · October 24, 1969
- HELMUT WALTER PAIERStaff Sergeant · October 24, 1969
- MAX WELKER PUGMIRESpecialist Four · October 24, 1969
From La Grange
- TONY DEDMANSpecialist Four · May 17, 1966
- MICHAEL PATRICK REILLYSpecialist Four · February 15, 1967
- MICHAEL PETER GETLINCaptain · March 30, 1967
- WILLIAM JEROME CLARK IIIMajor · November 30, 1967
- JOHN HARRISON BRANCATO JRPrivate First Class · February 7, 1968
- GEORGE BOTESPrivate First Class · May 19, 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.