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ROGER LEE PHILLIPS
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
October 3, 1950 – July 9, 1970
Service recordRoger Lee Phillips, of La Porte, Texas, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on July 9, 1970, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 8W, Line 4 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8W · Line 4
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Field Illumination Crewman (17E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 FIELD FORCE
- Born
- October 3, 1950
- Home of record
- La Porte, Texas (Harris County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 9, 1970
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date July 9, 1970; four of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In July 1970, 495 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 FIELD FORCE”, his unit in the record, lost 10 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 8W, Line 4
- RUSSELL DALE MILBERGERSergeant · July 9, 1970
- JOHNNY WAYNE OGLESergeant · July 9, 1970
- NATHANIEL JAMES PHILLIPSSergeant First Class · July 9, 1970
- WALTER ROSS JRLance Corporal · July 9, 1970
From La Porte
- BILLY WAYNE PLATTSergeant · August 22, 1967
- KENNETH EARL BAKER JRAirman First Class · March 22, 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.