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PHILLIP FRANK HULTS
Sergeant · U.S. Army
March 18, 1943 – February 19, 1970
Service recordPhillip Frank Hults, of Stanton, California, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on February 19, 1970, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 13W, Line 32 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13W · Line 32
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
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- March 18, 1943
- Home of record
- Stanton, California (Orange County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 19, 1970
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
15 names on the Wall carry the date February 19, 1970; two of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In February 1970, 569 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 24 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 13W, Line 32
- DICKEY LARUE COOLEYSpecialist Four · February 19, 1970
- THOMAS HAROLD FURNISHSpecialist Four · February 19, 1970
- LARRY THOMAS HARRISONStaff Sergeant · February 19, 1970
- MANUEL TOMAS MONTOYASpecialist Four · February 19, 1970
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.