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JOHN ROBERT PHILLIPS
Private First Class · U.S. Army
February 1, 1947 – December 23, 1967
Service recordJohn Robert Phillips, of Bowen, Illinois, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on December 23, 1967, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 32E, Line 52 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 32E · Line 52
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. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- February 1, 1947
- Home of record
- Bowen, Illinois (Hancock County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 23, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date December 23, 1967; six of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In December 1967, 937 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 106 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 32E, Line 52
- THOMAS ELSWORTH LAYNE JRSpecialist Four · December 23, 1967
- PAUL RAY MADDOXSergeant · December 23, 1967
- THOMAS LEON NELSONPrivate First Class · December 23, 1967
- ANIBAL OYOLA-RABAGOCorporal · December 23, 1967
Same unit, same day
- JOE EDDIE CARTERSpecialist Four · Panel 32E, Line 50
- JAMES NOEL CLEMONSStaff Sergeant · Panel 32E, Line 50
- LEE BENJAMIN ZOELLERPrivate First Class · Panel 32E, Line 51
- THOMAS ELSWORTH LAYNE JRSpecialist Four · Panel 32E, Line 52
- THOMAS LEON NELSONPrivate First Class · Panel 32E, Line 52
- RAYMOND CARL EUBANKS JRSergeant · Panel 32E, Line 53
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.