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THOMAS MILES PHILLIPS
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
February 11, 1948 – September 13, 1968
Service recordThomas Miles Phillips, of Healdsburg, California, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on September 13, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 44W, Line 53 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 44W · Line 53
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- February 11, 1948
- Home of record
- Healdsburg, California (Sonoma County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 13, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Burns/Smoke Inhalation
Context · from the records
What was happening
58 names on the Wall carry the date September 13, 1968; three of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 44W, Line 53
- HENRY MCCARTY OLIVERLieutenant Colonel · September 13, 1968
- EVERETT ALLEN PLANCKCorporal · September 13, 1968
- GERALD W PLUNKETTCaptain · September 13, 1968
- ERVIN PROCTORCorporal · September 13, 1968
From Healdsburg
- WILLIAM EUGENE MONTGOMERYSpecialist Four · August 9, 1965
- CLINTON RUSSELL ANDERSONSecond Lieutenant · February 22, 1966
- ROBERT EDWIN RUONAVAARAAirman First Class · March 29, 1967
- WILLIAM DEWEY THOMPSON JRPetty Officer Second Class · December 15, 1967
- DONALD HUSTON COLEMANStaff Sergeant · February 13, 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.