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ROGER LEE PHILLIPS
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
January 30, 1948 – March 20, 1969
Service recordRoger Lee Phillips, of Madison, Ohio, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on March 20, 1969, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 29W, Line 92 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 29W · Line 92
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Crane Operator (62F)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 39 ENG BN 45 ENG GRP 18 ENG BDE
- Born
- January 30, 1948
- Home of record
- Madison, Ohio (Lake County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 20, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date March 20, 1969; he was the only one lost in Quảng Ngãi Province that day. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 29W, Line 92
- HERBERT J STOBERSergeant · March 19, 1969
- NIGEL FREDERICK POESESpecialist Four · March 20, 1969
- JAMES CLAYTON REEDPrivate · March 20, 1969
- DAVID JAMES SANDVIGLance Corporal · March 20, 1969
- FRANK DEPAUL SARACINO JRSergeant · March 20, 1969
From Madison
- RICHARD ALAN HAMBLINPrivate First Class · September 21, 1967
- JAMES CHRISTIAN NAUCorporal · August 27, 1968
- RICHARD ALLEN MOORELance Corporal · January 30, 1969
- BERNARD LEROY SWIGERStaff Sergeant · December 11, 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.