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THOMAS FRANK PHILLIPS
Corporal · U.S. Army
February 16, 1946 – February 24, 1967
Service recordThomas Frank Phillips, of Pompano Beach, Florida, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on February 24, 1967, in South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 15E, Line 86 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15E · Line 86
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- February 16, 1946
- Home of record
- Pompano Beach, Florida (Broward County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 24, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
34 names on the Wall carry the date February 24, 1967. In February 1967, 767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 28 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 15E, Line 86
- THOMAS MONKPrivate First Class · February 24, 1967
- ALBERT C MYERSSpecialist Four · February 24, 1967
- VICTOR RAPHAEL PASTRANAPrivate First Class · February 24, 1967
- RODNEY L RIEGERCaptain · February 24, 1967
From Pompano Beach
- GLEN FREDERICK MERRIHEWSpecialist Four · February 11, 1962
- PHILLIP THOMAS STAHLSpecialist Five · March 9, 1966
- PETER HENRY ALBRIGHTSpecialist Four · August 25, 1966
- JAMES FRANKLIN LAMNCorporal · February 28, 1967
- FRANK HERBERT THOMAS JRPrivate First Class · March 30, 1967
- MICHAEL DWAYNE WALKERSpecialist Four · May 10, 1967
- JOHN ROBERT VANDERZICHTLance Corporal · September 9, 1967
- OLIVER BELL JRPrivate First Class · October 14, 1967
- RONALD GATES CAMPBELLSpecialist Five · January 20, 1968
- CLYDE TERRY CODYStaff Sergeant · February 1, 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.