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JERRY NEWTON PHILLIPS
Captain · U.S. Air Force
August 20, 1930 – May 2, 1970
Service recordJerry Newton Phillips, of Winter Haven, Florida, served as a Captain in the U.S. Air Force. He died on May 2, 1970, in Binh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 39. His name is inscribed on Panel 11W, Line 87 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11W · Line 87
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Captain (CAPT)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- August 20, 1930
- Home of record
- Winter Haven, Florida (Polk County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 2, 1970
- Age
- 39
- Province
- Binh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
36 names on the Wall carry the date May 2, 1970; two of them were lost in Binh Long Province. In May 1970, 917 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 11W, Line 87
- MILTON PEREZ-RIVERAPrivate · May 2, 1970
- BUNYAN DURANT PRICE JRStaff Sergeant · May 2, 1970
- FRANK LATIMER RICE JRFirst Lieutenant · May 2, 1970
- DALE WAYNE RICHARDSONMajor · May 2, 1970
From Winter Haven
- GERALD EVERETT OLSONMajor · March 13, 1966
- PETER JOSEPH STEWARTColonel · March 15, 1966
- RICHARD E HOOD JRFirst Lieutenant · June 22, 1967
- WILLIAM FORMAN ABERNETHYCaptain · July 21, 1967
- JACKIE LEE MELTONPrivate First Class · February 1, 1968
- BILLIE RAY MCCALLSergeant · February 22, 1968
- MAURICE LEO SIROISSergeant · February 29, 1968
- EDWARD ULYSES MASTERSPrivate First Class · April 6, 1968
- MICHAEL BARRY OCONNORLance Corporal · May 1, 1968
- HERBERT MARSHALL ALLENSergeant · June 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.