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PAUL HENRY PHILLIPS
Private · U.S. Marine Corps
August 15, 1946 – July 5, 1966
Service recordPaul Henry Phillips, of Torrington, Connecticut, served as a Private in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on July 5, 1966, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 8E, Line 133 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8E · Line 133
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
- Private (PVT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- August 15, 1946
- Home of record
- Torrington, Connecticut (Litchfield County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 5, 1966
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
Ten names on the Wall carry the date July 5, 1966; two of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In July 1966, 562 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 8E, Line 133
- WILLIAM FREDRICK FREESTONEGunnery Sergeant · July 5, 1966
- NEIL GEORGE REUTERCaptain · July 5, 1966
- JERRY ARDELL ROBERTSFirst Lieutenant · July 5, 1966
- WILLIAM CLIFFORD FRALEYSergeant First Class · July 6, 1966
From Torrington
- ANTHONY JOSEPH ROMANIELLOPrivate First Class · March 16, 1967
- JOHN FRANCIS TINO JRPrivate First Class · April 30, 1967
- RICHARD ALBERT CASSINSergeant · May 4, 1967
- GERALD JASON ROBERTS JRCorporal · August 31, 1967
- FREDERICK JOHN FALK JRLance Corporal · January 26, 1968
- CHARLES LEE BERGEVINMajor · August 23, 1968
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.