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WYLIE ORIA PHILLIPS
Private First Class · U.S. Army
December 4, 1942 – December 30, 1967
Service recordWylie Oria Phillips, of Kershaw, South Carolina, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on December 30, 1967, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 33E, Line 4 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 33E · Line 4
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- December 4, 1942
- Home of record
- Kershaw, South Carolina (Kershaw County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 30, 1967
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date December 30, 1967; five of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In December 1967, 937 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 106 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 33E, Line 4
- JEROME JAMES MACDONALDSpecialist Four · December 30, 1967
- ROGELIO MANUEL MARTINEZCorporal · December 30, 1967
- JAMES LEE MCILVOYSergeant · December 30, 1967
- JOHN FRANKLIN MORRISON JRPrivate First Class · December 30, 1967
Same unit, same day
- SCOTT HOWARD COOKPrivate First Class · Panel 33E, Line 2
- RICHARD GERALD GODBOUTSergeant · Panel 33E, Line 2
- WILLIAM CARL MARKLE JRPrivate First Class · Panel 33E, Line 3
- LOUIS SUTERA JRSergeant · Panel 33E, Line 5
- GEORGE JOSEPH WILLIAMSCorporal · Panel 33E, Line 6
From Kershaw
- HARRY LEE SOWELL JRCorporal · April 23, 1968
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.