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WILLIAM LEROY PHILLIPS
Captain · U.S. Army
October 9, 1945 – January 20, 1970
Service recordWilliam Leroy Phillips, of Toccoa, Georgia, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on January 20, 1970, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 14W, Line 50 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14W · Line 50
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
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Parachutist (71541)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- October 9, 1945
- Home of record
- Toccoa, Georgia (Stephens County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 20, 1970
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
12 names on the Wall carry the date January 20, 1970; he was the only one lost in Bình Định Province that day. In January 1970, 529 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 19 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 14W, Line 50
- FRANK ANTHONY PECORAROSpecialist Four · January 20, 1970
- ROGER LEE SCOTTWarrant Officer 1 · January 20, 1970
- WILLIAM WARREN SURETTE JRStaff Sergeant · January 20, 1970
- RONALD S ATHANASIOUPetty Officer Third Class · January 21, 1970
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT JOHN GASKO JRPrivate First Class · Panel 14W, Line 49
From Toccoa
- EMORY FRANKLIN JOHNSONLance Corporal · February 24, 1967
- LARRY EUGENE COLLIERSpecialist Five · July 4, 1968
- GREGORIO MENO CAMACHOSergeant First Class · September 26, 1968
- TOMMY CALVIN HEATONCorporal · April 17, 1969
- WILLIAM HERSCHEL AYERSSpecialist Four · June 5, 1969
- JACKY LEE DRURYSpecialist Four · February 6, 1970
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.