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WILLIAM GRIGABY PHILLIPS
Sergeant · U.S. Army
July 2, 1943 – August 3, 1967
Service recordWilliam Grigaby Phillips, of Xenia, Ohio, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on August 3, 1967, in Binh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 24E, Line 74 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24E · Line 74
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Medical Specialist (91B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- SPECIAL FORCES
- Born
- July 2, 1943
- Home of record
- Xenia, Ohio (Greene County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 3, 1967
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Binh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
27 names on the Wall carry the date August 3, 1967; he was the only one lost in Binh Long Province that day. In August 1967, 683 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Special Forces, his unit in the record, lost 7 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 24E, Line 74
- TROY MURL PUCKETTSpecialist Four · August 3, 1967
- HOWARD JON SCHNABOLKFirst Lieutenant · August 3, 1967
- WENDELL WARREN STEWARTPetty Officer Second Class · August 3, 1967
- JOHN NORMAN WICKLIFFESergeant First Class · August 3, 1967
Same unit, same day
- ARTHUR HAYWOOD GREENCaptain · Panel 24E, Line 72
- JOHN NORMAN WICKLIFFESergeant First Class · Panel 24E, Line 74
From Xenia
- DENNIS LEE KEYERPetty Officer Third Class · May 1, 1966
- JOSEPH C SAMPSON JRWarrant Officer 1 · July 27, 1966
- DAVID ALAN DYECorporal · May 12, 1967
- MICHAEL L MANGANPrivate First Class · June 26, 1967
- TODD ARTHUR HANDYSpecialist Four · March 2, 1968
- JAMES RUSSELL SANFORD JRPrivate First Class · April 6, 1968
- EDWIN GRANT NEWELLSergeant · May 19, 1968
- WILLIAM DAVID GROOMSSpecialist Four · June 16, 1968
- ERNEST EUGENE RITCHChief Petty Officer · January 21, 1969
- DAVEY ALAN LIEURANCECorporal · September 15, 1969
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.