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PHILLIP GENE CREECH
Corporal · U.S. Army
August 27, 1949 – March 2, 1970
Service recordPhillip Gene Creech, of London, Kentucky, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on March 2, 1970, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 13W, Line 73 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13W · Line 73
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- August 27, 1949
- Home of record
- London, Kentucky (Laurel County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 2, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date March 2, 1970; three of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In March 1970, 625 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 23 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 13W, Line 73
- JOHN JAY BENNETTSpecialist Five · March 2, 1970
- GUY RAY BRISTOLLieutenant Colonel · March 2, 1970
- JAMES JOSEPH BURGOYNEWarrant Officer 1 · March 2, 1970
- SYLVESTER COLLINSPrivate · March 2, 1970
Same unit, same day
- MARTIN JEROME KEOGHSecond Lieutenant · Panel 13W, Line 74
- JOSEPH WILLIAM WIRTHPrivate First Class · Panel 13W, Line 76
From London
- ORVILLE CAUDILLSpecialist Four · November 15, 1967
- JOHNNY PATTON FIECHTERLance Corporal · May 29, 1968
- TINSLEY JACK WELLS JRSpecialist Four · March 20, 1970
- ARNOLD LOVINSSpecialist Four · August 9, 1971
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.