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WILLIAM RUSSEL PHILLIPS
Lieutenant Colonel · U.S. Army
September 14, 1929 – February 3, 1967
Service recordWilliam Russel Phillips, of Enterprise, Alabama, served as a Lieutenant Colonel in the U.S. Army. He died on February 3, 1967, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 37. His name is inscribed on Panel 14E, Line 113 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14E · Line 113
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
- Lieutenant Colonel (LTC)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- A CO 1 BN 503 INF 173 ABN BDE
- Born
- September 14, 1929
- Home of record
- Enterprise, Alabama (Coffee County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 3, 1967
- Age
- 37
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date February 3, 1967; five of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In February 1967, 767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 14E, Line 113
- CASIMIR NIESPODZIANYFirst Lieutenant · February 3, 1967
- STEPHEN CARROLL SANGERPrivate First Class · February 3, 1967
- PAUL THEODORE SHORT JRFirst Lieutenant · February 3, 1967
- PHILIP JEREMIAH SMITHPrivate First Class · February 3, 1967
From Enterprise
- BILLY GENE HAMMERChief Warrant Officer 2 · June 12, 1965
- JAMES ROWE STEPHENSSpecialist Four · May 17, 1966
- JOHN HENRY JONESPrivate First Class · October 4, 1966
- GUY ALBERT BYRDSergeant First Class · April 5, 1967
- WILLIAM TERRY ALLENFirst Lieutenant · December 4, 1967
- LYTELL B CHRISTIANStaff Sergeant · March 13, 1968
- RONALD ISAAC CRODYStaff Sergeant · January 17, 1969
- ALLEN WAYNE ALLUMSSpecialist Five · May 6, 1969
- GREEN EDWARD MILLER JRStaff Sergeant · May 5, 1970
- JAMES RICHARD LAYTONSergeant · July 22, 1972
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.