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JERRY ALFRED PHILLIPS
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
August 17, 1946 – March 23, 1967
Service recordJerry Alfred Phillips, of Easley, South Carolina, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on March 23, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 17E, Line 29 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17E · Line 29
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
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- August 17, 1946
- Home of record
- Easley, South Carolina (Pickens County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 23, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date March 23, 1967; eight of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In March 1967, 1,091 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 17E, Line 29
- WILLIAM EDWARD HUMPHREYSergeant · May 28, 1966
- ALFRED FUNCKStaff Sergeant · March 23, 1967
- WAYNE OLIVER GAYPrivate First Class · March 23, 1967
- JERRY HAROLD GEORGESCorporal · March 23, 1967
- HAROLD LELAND HALECaptain · March 23, 1967
From Easley
- WILLIAM DONALD GARNERPrivate First Class · April 13, 1967
- RICHARD HAMILTON BRIDGESSpecialist Four · April 17, 1967
- JAMES DONALD CLARDYSergeant · September 26, 1967
- HERSHALL TALLENTSergeant · May 10, 1968
- GARY LYNN PACEFirst Lieutenant · March 30, 1971
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.