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KERRY WAYNE PHILLIPS
Sergeant · U.S. Army
October 6, 1951 – December 19, 1970
Service recordKerry Wayne Phillips, of Evansville, Indiana, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on December 19, 1970, in South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 6W, Line 133 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6W · Line 133
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Combat Engineer (12B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- October 6, 1951
- Home of record
- Evansville, Indiana (Vanderburgh County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 19, 1970
- Age
- 19
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
11 names on the Wall carry the date December 19, 1970. In December 1970, 271 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM”, his unit in the record, lost 29 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 6W, Line 133
- JOHNNY RATLIFFChief Petty Officer · December 19, 1970
- ROBERT WAYNNE RICHARDSONSergeant · December 19, 1970
- ROBERT EARL WORTHPetty Officer Second Class · December 19, 1970
- FRANK WILLIS BOMARChief Petty Officer · December 20, 1970
From Evansville
- DAVID EUGENE GILLCorporal · September 2, 1965
- GERALD THOMAS JENKINSSpecialist Four · November 23, 1965
- WILLIAM L ARMSTRONGSpecialist Four · February 6, 1966
- GENE EDMOND DAVISChief Master Sergeant · March 13, 1966
- CHARLES DOYLE OGLESBYSpecialist Four · April 11, 1966
- THOMAS MICHAEL KOCHPrivate First Class · May 28, 1966
- DAVID EMERSON HALLLance Corporal · August 16, 1966
- LEWIS ELI BONNIESergeant First Class · November 8, 1966
- MICHAEL EARL DENTPrivate First Class · December 17, 1966
- CHARLES ALBERT MCDANIELSPrivate First Class · March 20, 1967
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.