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RONALD CHARLES PHILLIPS
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
September 27, 1948 – May 15, 1969
Service recordRonald Charles Phillips, of Pittsburg, California, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 15, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 24W, Line 20 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24W · Line 20
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- September 27, 1948
- Home of record
- Pittsburg, California (Contra Costa County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 15, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
50 names on the Wall carry the date May 15, 1969; 19 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 24W, Line 20
- JOSEPH MICHAEL PRICESpecialist Four · May 15, 1969
- RALPH ALBERT RAMIREZ JRPrivate First Class · May 15, 1969
- PAUL IRVING RODERIGUESSergeant · May 15, 1969
- PHILLIP DUANE SANDERSSergeant · May 15, 1969
From Pittsburg
- RONALD EUGENE BAIRDSpecialist Four · May 6, 1968
- JAMES DAVID GROSSLance Corporal · May 16, 1968
- DENNIS EUGENE THOMPSONSpecialist Four · June 25, 1968
- JERALD LEE LAWPrivate First Class · July 7, 1968
- BEN OBSENIARES MASADASLance Corporal · August 14, 1968
- WILLARD WAYNE RIGGSPrivate First Class · August 30, 1968
- JAMES LINDELL ADAMSStaff Sergeant · September 12, 1968
- MICHAEL THOMAS MITCHELLSergeant · July 19, 1969
- CLIFFORD NEWTON GREENPrivate First Class · March 21, 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.