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RICHARD BRUCE PHILLIPS
Private First Class · U.S. Army
March 13, 1948 – March 21, 1969
Service recordRichard Bruce Phillips, of Columbus, Georgia, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on March 21, 1969, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 28W, Line 3 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 28W · Line 3
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- March 13, 1948
- Home of record
- Columbus, Georgia (Muscogee County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 21, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
83 names on the Wall carry the date March 21, 1969; three of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 49 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 28W, Line 3
- GILBERT RUIZPrivate First Class · March 21, 1969
- GEORGE THOMAS SARGENT JRLieutenant Colonel · March 21, 1969
- LARRY SCOTTCorporal · March 21, 1969
- WILLIAM WARREN SHERMANSergeant · March 21, 1969
Same unit, same day
- ALAN MARTIN BERNSTEINCorporal · Panel 29W, Line 95
- KELLY PATRICK VAUGHNCorporal · Panel 28W, Line 5
From Columbus
- RUBE ALFRED FREEMANMaster Sergeant · April 27, 1963
- WILLIAM EDWARD TH FLOWERSChief Warrant Officer 2 · December 12, 1963
- JERRY LEE TAYLORCaptain · February 17, 1964
- PATRICK PALMER CALHOUNSecond Lieutenant · April 19, 1965
- JAMES CHARLES SHERIFF JRMajor · July 4, 1965
- DURWARD FRANK RAYSergeant · July 7, 1965
- CLIFFORD DEAN MELTONStaff Sergeant · July 21, 1965
- FRANK BOYNTONSpecialist Four · September 18, 1965
- JAMES LEROY DAVISSergeant · November 12, 1965
- EDDIE LEE POUGHSpecialist Four · November 15, 1965
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.