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LEONARD PHILLIPS
Master Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
November 22, 1925 – June 23, 1967
Service recordLeonard Phillips, of Hueytown, Alabama, served as a Master Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on June 23, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 41. His name is inscribed on Panel 22E, Line 56 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 22E · Line 56
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
- Master Sergeant (MSGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Automotive Mechanic (3516)
- Unit (as recorded)
- HS CO 3 TANK BN 3 MARDIV
- Born
- November 22, 1925
- Home of record
- Hueytown, Alabama (Jefferson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 23, 1967
- Age
- 41
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date June 23, 1967; two of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In June 1967, 948 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 22E, Line 56
- WILLIAM CORDELL ALLEN JRPrivate · June 24, 1967
- ELWOOD BAKERLance Corporal · June 24, 1967
- JOHN JOSEPH BIALKOWSKIConstructionman · June 24, 1967
- ANDREW JAMES DAVIS JRPrivate First Class · June 24, 1967
From Hueytown
- SAMUEL LEE PATTERSONPrivate First Class · May 13, 1969
- PAUL WEDLAKE BANNONColonel · July 12, 1969
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.