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MICHAEL LEON PHILLIPS
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
March 9, 1943 – June 13, 1968
Service recordMichael Leon Phillips, of Washington, District of Columbia, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on June 13, 1968, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 57W, Line 12 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 57W · Line 12
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
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- March 9, 1943
- Home of record
- Washington, District of Columbia (District Of Columbia County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 13, 1968
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
48 names on the Wall carry the date June 13, 1968; ten of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 42 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 57W, Line 12
- ALAN RICHARD LYMANCorporal · June 13, 1968
- KENNETH OSCAR PALMERSergeant First Class · June 13, 1968
- RONALD DEAN POOLELance Corporal · June 13, 1968
- GARY LYLE RICHARDSONCorporal · June 13, 1968
Same unit, same day
- FRANK AKELEY BARKER JRLieutenant Colonel · Panel 57W, Line 6
- EARL R MICHLESCaptain · Panel 57W, Line 11
From Washington
- HOMER CLEO MCINTYRE JRCaptain · July 28, 1964
- JAMES MARTIN CALEStaff Sergeant · May 16, 1965
- GEZA TEGLASSergeant · October 27, 1965
- LOUIS SHERRODSergeant · November 6, 1965
- LEROY HILLPlatoon Sergeant · November 8, 1965
- CALVIN BOUKNIGHTSpecialist Five · November 16, 1965
- PAUL EDWARD HURDLEStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- THEODORE M BEAMONSpecialist Four · November 23, 1965
- HARRY RONALD HOSKINSONSpecialist Four · December 13, 1965
- WILLIE MITCHELL JRAirman First Class · December 20, 1965
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.