In Loving Memory ... CPL Roy Lee Phillips.
You may be gone, no longer living on this earth; but you will live on - in the memories of your family and friends. There will always be a part of you living in your family and those who knew you and loved you. You will live on because we remember you!
ROY LEE PHILLIPS
Army - CPL - E4
Age: 25
Race: Negro
Sex: Male
Date of Birth Jan 19, 1943
From: CHICAGO, IL
Religion: BAPTIST
Marital Status: Married - Wife, Ellieene R. Phillips of Chicago, Ill.
Parents: Father, Wesley Phillips and Mother, Phillips, both of Chicago, Ill.
PL - E4 - Army - 9th Infantry Division
Length of service 0 years
His tour began on Oct 27, 1967
Casualty was on Feb 2, 1968
In KIEN HOA, SOUTH VIETNAM
Hostile, died while missing, GROUND CASUALTY
MULTIPLE FRAGMENTATION WOUNDS
Body was recovered
Panel 36E - Line 82
***** Michael Roundtree - by marriage, my sister married him
Chicago, IL 60619 USA
I never got a chance to meet Roy. I heard a lot about him as a child while growing up. I was probably four years old when he went to boot camp and five when he was killed in Kien Hoa in 1968.
He married my sister before leaving for Vietnam. I've always wanted to know that he was not afraid while serving in-country. He is one of the reasons why I did a four-year tour of duty in the Infantry with the Marines. I wished that I had been able to talk with someone from his unit to learn more about the circumstances of his death. Maybe I will be luck enough to get an e-mail from someone one day.
Wednesday, May 17, 2000
February 2, 1968, then PFC Roy Lee Phillips died as the result of wounds received when he engaged hostile force in firefight while on combat operation. Event was Ben Tre City, 12 KM south of My Tho, TET.
Ben Tre City, about 12 kilometers south of My Tho, was captured by the VC at the outbreak of the Tet Offensive. Bravo Company, 2/60 Infantry, was directed to recapture the city. They did so, but only after a bloody fight that killed Americans, VC, and civilians alike and which destroyed much of the town itself. The American dead were
2LT Kenneth E. Golden, Youngstown, OH
SP4 Irvin Brown, Mount Pleasant, SC
CPL Vincent P. Landon, Detroit, MI
CPL Eloy F. Le Blanc, San Francisco, CA
CPL Roy L. Phillips, Chicago, IL
SP4 Jack P. Wilson, Burbank, CA
PFC Charles J. Bauer, Long Island City, NY
PFC Fred W. Jansonius, Jamestown, ND
PFC Ralph A. Keating, Caledonia, MI
PFC Robert A. Reyes, Richmond, CA
PFC Selmer E. Salveson, St Paul, MN
PFC Paul A. Stender, Skokie, IL
PFC Roy Lee Phillips was in the battle of Ben Tre.
As part of the Tet Offensive the VC seized control of Ben Tre City in Kien Hoa Province in the eastern central Mekong Delta. This area was normally the TAOR of the 2nd. or Riverine Brigade. However, tactical necessities required the 3rd. Brigade to assist in Kien Hoa province. During 1st. the 3/39 Inf was air assaulted into the city to clear the north bank of the Mekong.
In the words of one of the officers, much of the city was already burning rubble from the bombs, mortar rounds and artillery. On the morning of Feb 2,1968 the 2/60th. was air assaulted into Ben Tre to assist the 3/39th. The plan was to assault across the bridge into the heart of the city. B 2/60th. was assigned to lead the way and fight across the bridge and into the city. Snipers began firing when the US forces got within several blocks of the bridge, then the VC began dropping in mortar rounds. The company did fight its way into the cental city and helped secure it. The 3/39th and the 2/60th. and airstrikes combined for 150 VC KIA in the 2 days of action.
PFC Roy Lee Phillips is one of 13 men who made the Wall that day and Bravo Company 2/60th. won the U.S. Valorous Unit Award. You are not forgotten , Rest Well my friend , you are in our hearts and minds forever!
Jack P. Wilson
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Sources: CPL, Company B, 2nd Battalion, 60th Infantry, 9th Infantry Division, Vietnam
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You may be gone, no longer living on this earth; but you will live on - in the memories of your family and friends. There will always be a part of you living in your family and those who knew you and loved you. You will live on because we remember you!
ROY LEE PHILLIPS
Army - CPL - E4
Age: 25
Race: Negro
Sex: Male
Date of Birth Jan 19, 1943
From: CHICAGO, IL
Religion: BAPTIST
Marital Status: Married - Wife, Ellieene R. Phillips of Chicago, Ill.
Parents: Father, Wesley Phillips and Mother, Phillips, both of Chicago, Ill.
PL - E4 - Army - 9th Infantry Division
Length of service 0 years
His tour began on Oct 27, 1967
Casualty was on Feb 2, 1968
In KIEN HOA, SOUTH VIETNAM
Hostile, died while missing, GROUND CASUALTY
MULTIPLE FRAGMENTATION WOUNDS
Body was recovered
Panel 36E - Line 82
***** Michael Roundtree - by marriage, my sister married him
Chicago, IL 60619 USA
I never got a chance to meet Roy. I heard a lot about him as a child while growing up. I was probably four years old when he went to boot camp and five when he was killed in Kien Hoa in 1968.
He married my sister before leaving for Vietnam. I've always wanted to know that he was not afraid while serving in-country. He is one of the reasons why I did a four-year tour of duty in the Infantry with the Marines. I wished that I had been able to talk with someone from his unit to learn more about the circumstances of his death. Maybe I will be luck enough to get an e-mail from someone one day.
Wednesday, May 17, 2000
February 2, 1968, then PFC Roy Lee Phillips died as the result of wounds received when he engaged hostile force in firefight while on combat operation. Event was Ben Tre City, 12 KM south of My Tho, TET.
Ben Tre City, about 12 kilometers south of My Tho, was captured by the VC at the outbreak of the Tet Offensive. Bravo Company, 2/60 Infantry, was directed to recapture the city. They did so, but only after a bloody fight that killed Americans, VC, and civilians alike and which destroyed much of the town itself. The American dead were
2LT Kenneth E. Golden, Youngstown, OH
SP4 Irvin Brown, Mount Pleasant, SC
CPL Vincent P. Landon, Detroit, MI
CPL Eloy F. Le Blanc, San Francisco, CA
CPL Roy L. Phillips, Chicago, IL
SP4 Jack P. Wilson, Burbank, CA
PFC Charles J. Bauer, Long Island City, NY
PFC Fred W. Jansonius, Jamestown, ND
PFC Ralph A. Keating, Caledonia, MI
PFC Robert A. Reyes, Richmond, CA
PFC Selmer E. Salveson, St Paul, MN
PFC Paul A. Stender, Skokie, IL
PFC Roy Lee Phillips was in the battle of Ben Tre.
As part of the Tet Offensive the VC seized control of Ben Tre City in Kien Hoa Province in the eastern central Mekong Delta. This area was normally the TAOR of the 2nd. or Riverine Brigade. However, tactical necessities required the 3rd. Brigade to assist in Kien Hoa province. During 1st. the 3/39 Inf was air assaulted into the city to clear the north bank of the Mekong.
In the words of one of the officers, much of the city was already burning rubble from the bombs, mortar rounds and artillery. On the morning of Feb 2,1968 the 2/60th. was air assaulted into Ben Tre to assist the 3/39th. The plan was to assault across the bridge into the heart of the city. B 2/60th. was assigned to lead the way and fight across the bridge and into the city. Snipers began firing when the US forces got within several blocks of the bridge, then the VC began dropping in mortar rounds. The company did fight its way into the cental city and helped secure it. The 3/39th and the 2/60th. and airstrikes combined for 150 VC KIA in the 2 days of action.
PFC Roy Lee Phillips is one of 13 men who made the Wall that day and Bravo Company 2/60th. won the U.S. Valorous Unit Award. You are not forgotten , Rest Well my friend , you are in our hearts and minds forever!
Jack P. Wilson
****************************************
Sources: CPL, Company B, 2nd Battalion, 60th Infantry, 9th Infantry Division, Vietnam
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In Loving Memory ... CPL Roy Lee Phillips.
You may be gone, no longer living on this earth; but you will live on - in the memories of your family and friends. There will always be a part of you living in your family and those who knew you and loved you. You will live on because we remember you!
ROY LEE PHILLIPS
Army - CPL - E4
Age: 25
Race: Negro
Sex: Male
Date of Birth Jan 19, 1943
From: CHICAGO, IL
Religion: BAPTIST
Marital Status: Married - Wife, Ellieene R. Phillips of Chicago, Ill.
Parents: Father, Wesley Phillips and Mother, Phillips, both of Chicago, Ill.
PL - E4 - Army - 9th Infantry Division
Length of service 0 years
His tour began on Oct 27, 1967
Casualty was on Feb 2, 1968
In KIEN HOA, SOUTH VIETNAM
Hostile, died while missing, GROUND CASUALTY
MULTIPLE FRAGMENTATION WOUNDS
Body was recovered
Panel 36E - Line 82
***** Michael Roundtree - by marriage, my sister married him
Chicago, IL 60619 USA
I never got a chance to meet Roy. I heard a lot about him as a child while growing up. I was probably four years old when he went to boot camp and five when he was killed in Kien Hoa in 1968.
He married my sister before leaving for Vietnam. I've always wanted to know that he was not afraid while serving in-country. He is one of the reasons why I did a four-year tour of duty in the Infantry with the Marines. I wished that I had been able to talk with someone from his unit to learn more about the circumstances of his death. Maybe I will be luck enough to get an e-mail from someone one day.
Wednesday, May 17, 2000
February 2, 1968, then PFC Roy Lee Phillips died as the result of wounds received when he engaged hostile force in firefight while on combat operation. Event was Ben Tre City, 12 KM south of My Tho, TET.
Ben Tre City, about 12 kilometers south of My Tho, was captured by the VC at the outbreak of the Tet Offensive. Bravo Company, 2/60 Infantry, was directed to recapture the city. They did so, but only after a bloody fight that killed Americans, VC, and civilians alike and which destroyed much of the town itself. The American dead were
2LT Kenneth E. Golden, Youngstown, OH
SP4 Irvin Brown, Mount Pleasant, SC
CPL Vincent P. Landon, Detroit, MI
CPL Eloy F. Le Blanc, San Francisco, CA
CPL Roy L. Phillips, Chicago, IL
SP4 Jack P. Wilson, Burbank, CA
PFC Charles J. Bauer, Long Island City, NY
PFC Fred W. Jansonius, Jamestown, ND
PFC Ralph A. Keating, Caledonia, MI
PFC Robert A. Reyes, Richmond, CA
PFC Selmer E. Salveson, St Paul, MN
PFC Paul A. Stender, Skokie, IL
PFC Roy Lee Phillips was in the battle of Ben Tre.
As part of the Tet Offensive the VC seized control of Ben Tre City in Kien Hoa Province in the eastern central Mekong Delta. This area was normally the TAOR of the 2nd. or Riverine Brigade. However, tactical necessities required the 3rd. Brigade to assist in Kien Hoa province. During 1st. the 3/39 Inf was air assaulted into the city to clear the north bank of the Mekong.
In the words of one of the officers, much of the city was already burning rubble from the bombs, mortar rounds and artillery. On the morning of Feb 2,1968 the 2/60th. was air assaulted into Ben Tre to assist the 3/39th. The plan was to assault across the bridge into the heart of the city. B 2/60th. was assigned to lead the way and fight across the bridge and into the city. Snipers began firing when the US forces got within several blocks of the bridge, then the VC began dropping in mortar rounds. The company did fight its way into the cental city and helped secure it. The 3/39th and the 2/60th. and airstrikes combined for 150 VC KIA in the 2 days of action.
PFC Roy Lee Phillips is one of 13 men who made the Wall that day and Bravo Company 2/60th. won the U.S. Valorous Unit Award. You are not forgotten , Rest Well my friend , you are in our hearts and minds forever!
Jack P. Wilson
****************************************
Sources: CPL, Company B, 2nd Battalion, 60th Infantry, 9th Infantry Division, Vietnam
********************************
.
You may be gone, no longer living on this earth; but you will live on - in the memories of your family and friends. There will always be a part of you living in your family and those who knew you and loved you. You will live on because we remember you!
ROY LEE PHILLIPS
Army - CPL - E4
Age: 25
Race: Negro
Sex: Male
Date of Birth Jan 19, 1943
From: CHICAGO, IL
Religion: BAPTIST
Marital Status: Married - Wife, Ellieene R. Phillips of Chicago, Ill.
Parents: Father, Wesley Phillips and Mother, Phillips, both of Chicago, Ill.
PL - E4 - Army - 9th Infantry Division
Length of service 0 years
His tour began on Oct 27, 1967
Casualty was on Feb 2, 1968
In KIEN HOA, SOUTH VIETNAM
Hostile, died while missing, GROUND CASUALTY
MULTIPLE FRAGMENTATION WOUNDS
Body was recovered
Panel 36E - Line 82
***** Michael Roundtree - by marriage, my sister married him
Chicago, IL 60619 USA
I never got a chance to meet Roy. I heard a lot about him as a child while growing up. I was probably four years old when he went to boot camp and five when he was killed in Kien Hoa in 1968.
He married my sister before leaving for Vietnam. I've always wanted to know that he was not afraid while serving in-country. He is one of the reasons why I did a four-year tour of duty in the Infantry with the Marines. I wished that I had been able to talk with someone from his unit to learn more about the circumstances of his death. Maybe I will be luck enough to get an e-mail from someone one day.
Wednesday, May 17, 2000
February 2, 1968, then PFC Roy Lee Phillips died as the result of wounds received when he engaged hostile force in firefight while on combat operation. Event was Ben Tre City, 12 KM south of My Tho, TET.
Ben Tre City, about 12 kilometers south of My Tho, was captured by the VC at the outbreak of the Tet Offensive. Bravo Company, 2/60 Infantry, was directed to recapture the city. They did so, but only after a bloody fight that killed Americans, VC, and civilians alike and which destroyed much of the town itself. The American dead were
2LT Kenneth E. Golden, Youngstown, OH
SP4 Irvin Brown, Mount Pleasant, SC
CPL Vincent P. Landon, Detroit, MI
CPL Eloy F. Le Blanc, San Francisco, CA
CPL Roy L. Phillips, Chicago, IL
SP4 Jack P. Wilson, Burbank, CA
PFC Charles J. Bauer, Long Island City, NY
PFC Fred W. Jansonius, Jamestown, ND
PFC Ralph A. Keating, Caledonia, MI
PFC Robert A. Reyes, Richmond, CA
PFC Selmer E. Salveson, St Paul, MN
PFC Paul A. Stender, Skokie, IL
PFC Roy Lee Phillips was in the battle of Ben Tre.
As part of the Tet Offensive the VC seized control of Ben Tre City in Kien Hoa Province in the eastern central Mekong Delta. This area was normally the TAOR of the 2nd. or Riverine Brigade. However, tactical necessities required the 3rd. Brigade to assist in Kien Hoa province. During 1st. the 3/39 Inf was air assaulted into the city to clear the north bank of the Mekong.
In the words of one of the officers, much of the city was already burning rubble from the bombs, mortar rounds and artillery. On the morning of Feb 2,1968 the 2/60th. was air assaulted into Ben Tre to assist the 3/39th. The plan was to assault across the bridge into the heart of the city. B 2/60th. was assigned to lead the way and fight across the bridge and into the city. Snipers began firing when the US forces got within several blocks of the bridge, then the VC began dropping in mortar rounds. The company did fight its way into the cental city and helped secure it. The 3/39th and the 2/60th. and airstrikes combined for 150 VC KIA in the 2 days of action.
PFC Roy Lee Phillips is one of 13 men who made the Wall that day and Bravo Company 2/60th. won the U.S. Valorous Unit Award. You are not forgotten , Rest Well my friend , you are in our hearts and minds forever!
Jack P. Wilson
****************************************
Sources: CPL, Company B, 2nd Battalion, 60th Infantry, 9th Infantry Division, Vietnam
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