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PHILLIPS H IZARD JR
Captain · U.S. Army
January 12, 1940 – August 8, 1968
Service recordPhillips H Izard JR, of Fulton, Mississippi, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on August 8, 1968, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 28. His name is inscribed on Panel 49W, Line 30 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 49W · Line 30
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
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Combat Engineer Unit Commander (1331)
- Unit (as recorded)
- C CO 39 ENG BN 45 ENG GRP
- Born
- January 12, 1940
- Home of record
- Fulton, Mississippi (Itawamba County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 8, 1968
- Age
- 28
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
37 names on the Wall carry the date August 8, 1968; four of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 49W, Line 30
- MARTIN STEVE GRUBER JRSpecialist Four · August 8, 1968
- GRADY HERSHALL HARRISSergeant · August 8, 1968
- HERBERT E ILGENFRITZ JRPrivate First Class · August 8, 1968
- WILLIAM SAMUEL IRBYSergeant · August 8, 1968
From Fulton
- MELFORD WAYNE WESTCorporal · January 3, 1968
- LARRY THOMAS YIELDINGSergeant · April 30, 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.