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PHILLIP LEWIS LEE
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
June 15, 1946 – June 17, 1971
Service recordPhillip Lewis Lee, of Columbus, Ohio, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on June 17, 1971, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 3W, Line 80 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3W · Line 80
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
- Occupation
- Armored Reconnaissance Unit Commander (1204)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 ARMORED CAV
- Born
- June 15, 1946
- Home of record
- Columbus, Ohio (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 17, 1971
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
Seven names on the Wall carry the date June 17, 1971; he was the only one lost in Bình Dương Province that day. In June 1971, 181 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “11 ARMORED CAV”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 3W, Line 80
- VINCENT WRIGHTPrivate First Class · June 17, 1971
- BARRY ALAN BIDWELLPetty Officer Second Class · June 18, 1971
- RAYMOND VINCE DEBLASIO JRLieutenant (junior grade) · June 18, 1971
- JOHN TILLMAN DOZIER IIStaff Sergeant · June 18, 1971
From Columbus
- LAWRENCE CLAIR HAMMONDChief Warrant Officer 2 · January 11, 1963
- JOHN FREDRICK STONEBURNERMajor · December 9, 1964
- TOMMY JOE BELCHERSpecialist Four · February 10, 1965
- ANDREW JACOB HINDERMANPrivate First Class · September 11, 1965
- WILLIAM BISHOP WOLFLance Corporal · October 14, 1965
- DENNIS SMITHCorporal · October 30, 1965
- CHARLES THOMAS MOORE JRSpecialist Five · November 17, 1965
- KENNETH POLINGSpecialist Four · November 21, 1965
- MORRIS LEE BARGYCorporal · November 29, 1965
- MORRIS E JENKINSSpecialist Five · December 2, 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.