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WALTER MACK PHILLIPS
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
March 28, 1945 – September 6, 1967
Service recordWalter Mack Phillips, of Salem, Oregon, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on September 6, 1967, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 26E, Line 15 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 26E · Line 15
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- March 28, 1945
- Home of record
- Salem, Oregon (Marion County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 6, 1967
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
80 names on the Wall carry the date September 6, 1967; five of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In September 1967, 929 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 54 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 26E, Line 15
- ALBERTO HECTOR MORANPrivate First Class · September 6, 1967
- RONALD ALAN PATTISONSergeant · September 6, 1967
- DENNIE DONALD PETERSONSecond Lieutenant · September 6, 1967
- HUMPHREY JAMES PRICELance Corporal · September 6, 1967
Same unit, same day
- JESSIE LEE BARLOWStaff Sergeant · Panel 26E, Line 5
- PAUL LESLIE CLARKSpecialist Four · Panel 26E, Line 9
- JAMES VERNON HEMBREESpecialist Four · Panel 26E, Line 10
- LOREN LEE MORFORDSpecialist Four · Panel 26E, Line 14
- WINSTON TERRY ROBINSONCaptain · Panel 26E, Line 16
- J D SINGLETONSpecialist Four · Panel 26E, Line 17
- PRYOR L WHEATFirst Lieutenant · Panel 26E, Line 20
From Salem
- DELBERT CHARLES LAFLEMMESpecialist Four · October 7, 1964
- ELVIS GORDON BARKERCaptain · March 1, 1965
- DAVID ALLEN MORGANStaff Sergeant · September 23, 1965
- DAVID GORDON RUSSELLLance Corporal · April 2, 1966
- THEODORE JAMES SHORACK JRMajor · June 9, 1966
- ROBERT GRAHAM NOPPLieutenant Colonel · July 14, 1966
- JOHN DOUGLAS CAREYPrivate First Class · July 16, 1966
- GERALD WALLACE EVENHUSPrivate First Class · September 16, 1966
- DAREL LEE SILLSSpecialist Four · October 13, 1966
- LARRY RAY FOSTERPrivate First Class · July 14, 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.