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SHEPHEN HIETT PHILLIPS
Sergeant · U.S. Army
March 13, 1942 – July 18, 1965
Service recordShephen Hiett Phillips, of Springfield, Missouri, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on July 18, 1965, in South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 2E, Line 39 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2E · Line 39
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- March 13, 1942
- Home of record
- Springfield, Missouri (Greene County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 18, 1965
- Age
- 23
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
Three names on the Wall carry the date July 18, 1965. In July 1965, 103 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 5 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 2E, Line 39
- ROGER PELIKANLance Corporal · July 17, 1965
- DAVID LEE ROSELance Corporal · July 17, 1965
- MALCOLM ARTHUR AVORELieutenant · July 18, 1965
- JOHN JAMES GLASPERSecond Lieutenant · July 18, 1965
From Springfield
- WILBERT CLAUDE DAVISSergeant · October 12, 1965
- DAVID MARSHALL KNIGHTSpecialist Four · March 30, 1966
- CHARLES EDWARD PHILLIPSPrivate First Class · November 19, 1966
- DOUGLAS BLAKE HAMILTONPrivate First Class · April 24, 1967
- JACK EUGENE GOSS IIPrivate First Class · June 3, 1967
- RANDALL KERWIN RUSSELLSergeant · July 6, 1967
- ROBERT DEAN CRAWFORDPrivate First Class · October 24, 1967
- JAMES DOYLE STOKESPrivate · November 30, 1967
- CHARLES KIRBY WILCOXCaptain · January 9, 1968
- JIMMIE CHARLES MARRIONPrivate First Class · January 29, 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.