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ROBERT EARL PHIPPS
Sergeant · U.S. Army
September 20, 1949 – June 4, 1970
Service recordRobert Earl Phipps, of Hopkinsville, Kentucky, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on June 4, 1970, in Cambodia, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 9W, Line 9 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9W · Line 9
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- September 20, 1949
- Home of record
- Hopkinsville, Kentucky (Christian County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 4, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Country
- Cambodia
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date June 4, 1970. In June 1970, 560 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 71 of its members that month.
He died in Cambodia while the Cambodian incursion was under way. From 29 April to 30 June 1970, U.S. and South Vietnamese forces crossed into Cambodia to attack North Vietnamese base areas and supply caches; the announcement set off campus protests, including at Kent State.
Also on Panel 9W, Line 9
- RAYMOND PAUL MCMAHONStaff Sergeant · June 4, 1970
- MARK HENRY RIVESTFirst Lieutenant · June 4, 1970
- RICHARD EUGENE RUTHERFORDCorporal · June 4, 1970
- LARRY ANTHONY SALMONCorporal · June 4, 1970
Same unit, same day
- RAYMOND PAUL MCMAHONStaff Sergeant · Panel 9W, Line 9
- LARRY ANTHONY SALMONCorporal · Panel 9W, Line 9
From Hopkinsville
- EWING COTTRELL BABBAGEPrivate First Class · January 28, 1966
- DONALD FRANKLIN MCMILLANCaptain · April 2, 1966
- CHARLES SEABORN ABELCaptain · September 13, 1966
- LARRY REEDSergeant · December 25, 1966
- JOSEPH ALLEN SCRUGGSCorporal · April 5, 1967
- WADDEL EVANSPrivate First Class · May 11, 1967
- JOSEPH LORAN MILLERPrivate First Class · July 12, 1967
- MICHAEL R HARRIS JRPrivate First Class · July 26, 1967
- WILLIAM ANDREW WRIGHTStaff Sergeant · September 20, 1967
- ISTVAN MOLNARStaff Sergeant · February 1, 1968
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.