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JAMES LESTER PHILLIPS
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
November 27, 1947 – March 18, 1969
Service recordJames Lester Phillips, of Cropwell, Alabama, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on March 18, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 29W, Line 72 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 29W · Line 72
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
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- November 27, 1947
- Home of record
- Cropwell, Alabama (St Clair County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 18, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
47 names on the Wall carry the date March 18, 1969; 13 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 29W, Line 72
- DAVID SEELEY PELLEWStaff Sergeant · March 18, 1969
- WILLIAM MARK PHINNLance Corporal · March 18, 1969
- JAMES MICHAEL PINTOLAPrivate First Class · March 18, 1969
- EMMETT TERENCE PRINGLEPrivate First Class · March 18, 1969
From Cropwell
- WILLIAM JOSEPH HURSTMaster Sergeant · January 30, 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.