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PHILLIP WAYNE BRIDGES
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
April 13, 1948 – June 30, 1971
Service recordPhillip Wayne Bridges, of Tipton, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on June 30, 1971, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 3W, Line 94 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3W · Line 94
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
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- AMERICAL DIV
- Born
- April 13, 1948
- Home of record
- Tipton, California (Tulare County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 30, 1971
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
11 names on the Wall carry the date June 30, 1971; six of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In June 1971, 181 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The Americal Division, his unit in the record, lost 10 of its members that month.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 3W, Line 94
- CALVIN DOUGLAS GUNTERSpecialist Four · June 29, 1971
- PAUL ALONZO DODSON SRCaptain · June 30, 1971
- RONALD HUGH HALLStaff Sergeant · June 30, 1971
- GERALD CLINTON HINSDALESpecialist Five · June 30, 1971
Same unit, same day
- RONALD HUGH HALLStaff Sergeant · Panel 3W, Line 94
- JOHN ROBERT HOUSTONSpecialist Four · Panel 3W, Line 95
- MARK JOSEPH HOUSTONCorporal · Panel 3W, Line 95
- ROBERT JOSEPH SABATINISpecialist Four · Panel 3W, Line 96
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.