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MICHAEL GENE PHILLIPS
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
May 17, 1947 – October 31, 1967
Service recordMichael Gene Phillips, of Salina, Kansas, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on October 31, 1967, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 28E, Line 105 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 28E · Line 105
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Heavy Construction Equipment Operator (62E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- HHC 19 ENG BN USARV
- Born
- May 17, 1947
- Home of record
- Salina, Kansas (Saline County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 31, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date October 31, 1967; he was the only one lost in Quảng Ngãi Province that day. In October 1967, 906 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 28E, Line 105
- STEPHEN EARL PARKSPrivate First Class · October 31, 1967
- RILEY LEROY PITTSCaptain · October 31, 1967
- FLOYD IRWIN ROBINSONSpecialist Four · October 31, 1967
- MICHAEL J SEADORFSpecialist Four · October 31, 1967
From Salina
- LLOYD DEAN LAKEPrivate First Class · January 15, 1966
- GARY DEAN NAILCorporal · April 3, 1966
- WILLIAM RUSSELL BELLER JRPrivate First Class · April 30, 1967
- KENNETH D WEISMaster Sergeant · September 13, 1967
- EDDIE DEAN GADSONPrivate First Class · May 8, 1968
- THEODORE JANKE JRSergeant · May 19, 1968
- LEONARD KEITH STEWARTCorporal · July 21, 1968
- RONALD LEE MUEHLBERGPrivate First Class · August 12, 1968
- YALE REZIN DAVIS JRMajor · November 19, 1968
- GEAROLD LEE BRANDTPrivate First Class · June 10, 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.