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ROY EDWIN PHILLIPS
Private First Class · U.S. Army
March 3, 1950 – July 27, 1968
Service recordRoy Edwin Phillips, of Dallas, Texas, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on July 27, 1968, in Phu Yen Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 50W, Line 20 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 50W · 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. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Tactical Wire Operations Specialist (36K)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 FIELD FORCE
- Born
- March 3, 1950
- Home of record
- Dallas, Texas (Dallas County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 27, 1968
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Phu Yen
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date July 27, 1968; he was the only one lost in Phu Yen Province that day. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 FIELD FORCE”, his unit in the record, lost 6 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 50W, Line 20
- WARD KARL PATTONPetty Officer First Class · July 27, 1968
- CHESTER MICHAEL RENCEVICZLance Corporal · July 27, 1968
- THOMAS MILTON ROLANDPetty Officer Third Class · July 27, 1968
- ROBERT ANTHONY ROMEROSpecialist Four · July 27, 1968
From Dallas
- GLENN MATTESONSecond Lieutenant · March 23, 1961
- CONDON HUNTER TERRYCaptain · June 27, 1963
- ROBERT DONALD WALKERCaptain · April 19, 1965
- LESLIE GENE KINGLieutenant Colonel · August 1, 1965
- DAVID JOHN THOMASCorporal · August 18, 1965
- TED WAYNE QUALLSLance Corporal · August 31, 1965
- GEORGE A WESTMaster Sergeant · September 17, 1965
- JAMES LOUIS FISHERPlatoon Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- JOSEPH CLINTON BRADYPrivate First Class · December 13, 1965
- RONALD GENE MCKINNEYSeaman · December 17, 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.