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A 57th Medical Detachment crew loads a wounded soldier aboard a UH-1D “Dustoff” helicopter.
A 57th Medical Detachment crew loads a wounded soldier aboard a UH-1D “Dustoff” helicopter. Photo: SP4 James B. Egan, U.S. Army, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of Phillip Thomas Ives.

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PHILLIP THOMAS IVES

Specialist Four · U.S. Army

February 7, 1948 – July 3, 1969

Service record

Phillip Thomas Ives, of Valley Park, Missouri, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on July 3, 1969, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 21W, Line 51 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

On the Wall

Panel 21W · Line 51

Position of Panel 21W on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial

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
Specialist Four (SP4)
Service
Drafted (Selective Service)
Occupation
Medical Specialist (91B)
Unit (as recorded)
1 INF DIV
Born
February 7, 1948
Home of record
Valley Park, Missouri (St Louis County)

Casualty

Date of death
July 3, 1969
Age
21
Province
Binh Duong
Country
South Vietnam
Casualty type
Hostile
Category
Killed in Action
Circumstance
Explosive Device

Context · from the records

What was happening

42 names on the Wall carry the date July 3, 1969; six of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In July 1969, 834 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 42 of its members that month.

Also on Panel 21W, Line 51

Same unit, same day

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.