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LANNY WILLIAM PHIPPS
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
March 25, 1945 – December 7, 1968
Service recordLanny William Phipps, of Rutherford, New Jersey, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on December 7, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 37W, Line 58 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 37W · Line 58
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- March 25, 1945
- Home of record
- Rutherford, New Jersey (Bergen County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 7, 1968
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
33 names on the Wall carry the date December 7, 1968; 21 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In December 1968, 855 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 37W, Line 58
- ROBERT LEE PACHECOPrivate First Class · December 7, 1968
- DAVID HARLOW PHELPSCorporal · December 7, 1968
- BABE PINOLELance Corporal · December 7, 1968
- FRANK PUGLIESECorporal · December 7, 1968
From Rutherford
- DAVID SHIELDSSergeant · March 5, 1966
- ROBERT CAROVILLANOSecond Lieutenant · March 25, 1967
- MALCOLM FAIRCHILD TASSEYFirst Lieutenant · July 2, 1967
- WAYNE HOWARD RUSSELLSpecialist Four · March 31, 1969
- ROBERT JOSEPH KEINPrivate First Class · July 29, 1969
- CHRISTOPHER MICHAEL WINTERSSpecialist Four · May 15, 1971
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.