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PHILLIP WARD BROOM
Major · U.S. Air Force
November 14, 1930 – November 3, 1967
Service recordPhillip Ward Broom, of Monroe, North Carolina, served as a Major in the U.S. Air Force. He died on November 3, 1967, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 36. His name is inscribed on Panel 29E, Line 14 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 29E · Line 14
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Major (MAJ)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- November 14, 1930
- Home of record
- Monroe, North Carolina (Union County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 3, 1967
- Age
- 36
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date November 3, 1967; two of them were lost in Bien Hoa Province. In November 1967, 1,133 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Read the history
Also on Panel 29E, Line 14
- DUANE ELWOOD CARTERPrivate First Class · November 3, 1967
- JOHN HENRY DAVISPrivate First Class · November 3, 1967
- JOHN CULBERTSON EGGER JRMajor · November 3, 1967
- RONALD JOHN ENSLEY JRPrivate First Class · November 3, 1967
From Monroe
- ROBERT LEE CURLEE JRStaff Sergeant · June 10, 1965
- CHARLES EVERETT SMITHSpecialist Four · July 17, 1966
- DAVID MACKRAL JORDANLance Corporal · June 2, 1967
- JAMES WHITEFORD PRICE JRSpecialist Four · June 3, 1967
- RICHARD VAN HUGGINSCorporal · October 8, 1967
- HAYWOOD JOHNSON JRStaff Sergeant · May 6, 1968
- JERRY WAYNE LANEYPrivate First Class · January 15, 1969
- RONALD LYNN HARKEYSergeant · February 22, 1969
- CHARLES DAVID ROGERSCaptain · March 11, 1969
- RUPERT A FUNDERBURK JRWarrant Officer 1 · August 21, 1969
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.