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JERRY PHILLIPS
Petty Officer Second Class · U.S. Coast Guard
March 13, 1939 – August 11, 1966
Service recordJerry Phillips, of Corpus Christi, Texas, served as a Petty Officer Second Class in the U.S. Coast Guard. He died on August 11, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 27. His name is inscribed on Panel 9E, Line 128 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9E · Line 128
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. Coast Guard
- Rank
- Petty Officer Second Class (PO2)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Engineman (EN)
- Unit (as recorded)
- USNAVFORV
- Born
- March 13, 1939
- Home of record
- Corpus Christi, Texas (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 11, 1966
- Age
- 27
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
14 names on the Wall carry the date August 11, 1966. In August 1966, 501 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “USNAVFORV”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 9E, Line 128
- DONALD LOYE RICHARDSONCorporal · August 11, 1966
- JOHN DAVID SMITHSergeant · August 11, 1966
- STEPHEN LEE WEISSSpecialist Four · August 11, 1966
- THEODORE G WHITE JRSergeant · August 11, 1966
Same unit, same day
- DAVID CHARLES BROSTROMLieutenant (junior grade) · Panel 9E, Line 126
From Corpus Christi
- FAYBERT RAY BRADSHAWStaff Sergeant · July 20, 1965
- JOE THOMAS WELBORNChief Warrant Officer 2 · November 4, 1965
- WILLIAM A JENNINGS IIICorporal · December 13, 1965
- MIGUEL GARCIA JRPrivate First Class · April 22, 1966
- WILLIAM R MINDACHSpecialist Four · July 6, 1966
- BENITO PEREZFirst Sergeant · August 2, 1966
- RAUL FLORESLance Corporal · August 7, 1966
- ALFREDO CASTANONPrivate First Class · September 24, 1966
- DWIGHT KING SATTERWHITEPrivate First Class · September 24, 1966
- RALPH GARY TILLPrivate First Class · September 28, 1966
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.