Elbert Austin Phillips

Vietnam War
Unit56th Special Operations Wing
RankTechnical Sergeant U.S. Air Force
Entered Service FromHuntsville Alabama
Date of DeathAugust 28 1968
StatusMissing In Action
Memorialized
Courts of the Missing
Court
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Notes
Technical Sergeant Phillips was a medical technician with the 56th Special Operations Wing, Udorn Airbase, Thailand. On August 28, 1968, he was flying in a North American Trojan Trainer (T-28D) on an administrative mission over Laos, when the aircraft crashed in the Mekong River