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WILLIAM RONALD PHILLIPS
Seaman · U.S. Navy
February 15, 1946 – March 23, 1968
Service recordWilliam Ronald Phillips, of Beacon, New York, served as a Seaman in the U.S. Navy. He died on March 23, 1968, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 46E, Line 1 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 46E · Line 1
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. Navy
- Rank
- Seaman (SN)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Seaman (SN)
- Born
- February 15, 1946
- Home of record
- Beacon, New York (Dutchess County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 23, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date March 23, 1968; two of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In March 1968, 1,767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 46E, Line 1
- JOSEPH MICHAEL ROMEROLance Corporal · March 23, 1968
- WILLIAM MICHAEL SAUNDERSPrivate First Class · March 23, 1968
- EDWARD ALVA SHARROCKSpecialist Four · March 23, 1968
- DANNY EUGENE TUCKERPrivate First Class · March 23, 1968
From Beacon
- JAMES SHERWIN PITTMANPrivate First Class · October 15, 1966
- PHILIP REGINAL MATTRACIONPetty Officer Second Class · April 5, 1967
- EVERETT EDWARD FOSTERLieutenant Colonel · July 20, 1967
- TERRENCE EDWARD ONEILSergeant · May 23, 1968
- EMILIO RIVERAPrivate First Class · October 30, 1969
- THOMAS EDWARD DEVINECorporal · December 16, 1969
- JOHN JAY BENNETTSpecialist Five · March 2, 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.