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RANDALL SCOTT PHILLIPS
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
January 1, 1949 – May 3, 1970
Service recordRandall Scott Phillips, of Sand Springs, Oklahoma, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 3, 1970, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 11W, Line 92 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11W · Line 92
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- January 1, 1949
- Home of record
- Sand Springs, Oklahoma (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 3, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date May 3, 1970; four of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In May 1970, 917 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 170 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 11W, Line 92
- JOHN LEWIS KOTORASergeant · May 3, 1970
- ARTHUR ELVIN LACHANCEStaff Sergeant · May 3, 1970
- ERNEST REGINALD LASHER JRSpecialist Four · May 3, 1970
- PERRY ANDRE LECLERCSpecialist Five · May 3, 1970
Same unit, same day
- GLENN CHRISTIE DUNCANStaff Sergeant · Panel 11W, Line 91
- THOMAS G HESSStaff Sergeant · Panel 11W, Line 91
- EDWARD WILSON STONESpecialist Four · Panel 11W, Line 93
- GLEN ROBERT WITYCYAKStaff Sergeant · Panel 11W, Line 93
From Sand Springs
- BILLIE ALLEN HALLStaff Sergeant · March 9, 1966
- DAVID RICHARD STEPHENSONPrivate First Class · June 22, 1967
- WILLIAM FRANKLIN GAINESSpecialist Four · July 21, 1967
- JOHN RAYMOND AUSBERNCorporal · December 3, 1968
- LARRY LEE BROWNSergeant · April 8, 1970
- JIMMY LEON GOODELLLance Corporal · June 10, 1970
- CHESTER ROY REESE JRSpecialist Five · September 5, 1970
- WALTER LEON POINTERSpecialist Four · September 10, 1970
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.