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THEODORE BERT PHILLIPS
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Air Force
February 25, 1930 – October 24, 1964
Service recordTheodore Bert Phillips, of Riverside, California, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Air Force. He died on October 24, 1964, in Cambodia, at age 34. His name is inscribed on Panel 1E, Line 68 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1E · Line 68
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Air Force
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- February 25, 1930
- Home of record
- Riverside, California (Riverside County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 24, 1964
- Age
- 34
- Country
- Cambodia
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
Nine names on the Wall carry the date October 24, 1964. In October 1964, 29 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The record places this loss in Cambodia, outside South Vietnam.
Also on Panel 1E, Line 68
- RALPH MITCHELLStaff Sergeant · October 23, 1964
- ERNEST JOSEPH HALVORSONStaff Sergeant · October 24, 1964
- EUGENE RICHARDSONAirman First Class · October 24, 1964
- LAWRENCE WOODSStaff Sergeant · October 24, 1964
From Riverside
- WILLIAM RONALD GRAYSONCommander · April 1, 1966
- FRANK BRENNAN PARISHLance Corporal · June 18, 1966
- BRAD WILLIAM MORANDPrivate First Class · July 12, 1966
- ROBBIN ADAIR GOODWINPrivate First Class · August 3, 1966
- PATRICK LEE WOODLance Corporal · January 11, 1967
- VINCENT JOSEPH BENEGASLance Corporal · April 21, 1967
- RICHARD ELZIE VEACHSpecialist Four · May 28, 1967
- DENNIS EUGENE MONFILSPrivate First Class · June 3, 1967
- HECTOR FUENTESHospitalman · July 2, 1967
- PHILLIP WILLARD ROELance Corporal · July 2, 1967
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.