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JIMMY DOYLE PHIPPS
Sergeant · U.S. Army
July 22, 1946 – October 23, 1966
Service recordJimmy Doyle Phipps, of Crumpler, North Carolina, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on October 23, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 11E, Line 101 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11E · Line 101
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- July 22, 1946
- Home of record
- Crumpler, North Carolina (Ashe County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 23, 1966
- Age
- 20
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
Ten names on the Wall carry the date October 23, 1966. In October 1966, 516 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 53 of its members that month.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 11E, Line 101
- THOMAS FRANCIS FLAHIVELance Corporal · October 23, 1966
- TULLIO PATRICK IODICE JRAirman First Class · October 23, 1966
- WILLIAM J NEWTONLieutenant Colonel · October 23, 1966
- FRANCIS PAUL ROSEBRUGHLance Corporal · October 23, 1966
Same unit, same day
- JOHN COLEMAN ARDISStaff Sergeant · Panel 11E, Line 100
- WILLIAM EDWARD BRANDSpecialist Four · Panel 11E, Line 100
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.