David Joseph Phillips Jr.

Vietnam War
Unit10th Fighter Commando Squadron
RankCaptain U.S. Air Force
Entered Service FromMaimi Beach Florida
Date of DeathJuly 3 1966
StatusRecovered
Memorialized
Courts of the Missing
Court
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10th Fighter Commando Squadron
Notes
Captain Phillips was a member of 10th Fighter Commando Squadron. On July 3, 1966, he was the pilot of a Northrop Freedom Fighter (F-5C) flying near the western coastline of South Vietnam when his aircraft was hit by enemy fire, crashed and exploded near Rach Gia, Kien Giang Province, South Vietnam. His remains were recovered on April 20, 2004 and identified on September 14, 2004. His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial.
rosetta medal
When an individual’s remains have been accounted for by the U.S. Department of Defense, a rosette is placed next to the name on the Wall/Tablet/Court of the Missing to mark that the person now rests in a known gravesite.