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LLOYD FREEMAN PHILLIPS
Sergeant · U.S. Army
January 8, 1946 – July 3, 1967
Service recordLloyd Freeman Phillips, of Ashkum, Illinois, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on July 3, 1967, in Go Cong Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 22E, Line 121 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 22E · Line 121
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- January 8, 1946
- Home of record
- Ashkum, Illinois (Iroquois County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 3, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Go Cong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
15 names on the Wall carry the date July 3, 1967; he was the only one lost in Go Cong Province that day. In July 1967, 1,057 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 46 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 22E, Line 121
- NICK PANELLA JRPrivate First Class · July 3, 1967
- HAROLD DEAN PHILPOTTGunnery Sergeant · July 3, 1967
- PETER C REYESCorporal · July 3, 1967
- JOHN STEPHEN ROEDERERCaptain · July 3, 1967
Same unit, same day
- MARVIN RAY JOHNSONPrivate First Class · Panel 22E, Line 120
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.
