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OTIS LAMONT PHILLIPS
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
January 7, 1941 – February 4, 1968
Service recordOtis Lamont Phillips, of Searcy, Arkansas, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on February 4, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 27. His name is inscribed on Panel 37E, Line 26 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 37E · Line 26
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Assaultman (0351)
- Born
- January 7, 1941
- Home of record
- Searcy, Arkansas (White County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 4, 1968
- Age
- 27
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
68 names on the Wall carry the date February 4, 1968; five of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in Quảng Nam Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 37E, Line 26
- JOHN DONALD KENNE MACLEANSergeant · February 4, 1968
- LONNIE EARL MCNEILLPrivate · February 4, 1968
- JOHN PATRICK ONDERKOCaptain · February 4, 1968
- CURTIS RAY PATTONStaff Sergeant · February 4, 1968
From Searcy
- WILLIAM WARD SMITHCaptain · July 23, 1966
- JESSE J CUNNINGHAM JRCorporal · June 24, 1968
- MICHEL KENT SUBLETTCorporal · September 25, 1968
- WILBUR DALE LATIMERCaptain · January 19, 1971
- LAWRENCE CHARLES DEANChief Warrant Officer 2 · August 15, 1972
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.