Name: CW3 James Larry Phipps
Status: Body Not Recovered from an incident on 01/09/1968 while performing the duty of Aircraft Commander.
Declared dead on 01/28/1976.
Age at death: 24.1
Date of Birth: 12/09/1943
Home City: Matoon, IL
Service: AV branch of the reserve component of the U.S. Army.
Unit: C/7/17 CAV
Major organization: 1st Aviation Brigade
Flight class: 66-19
Service: AV branch of the U.S. Army.
The Wall location: 34E-009
Short Summary: May have missed a turnpoint enroute to OA. Received intense enemy fire, crashed & exploded. Eye witnesses said no survivors. See REFNO.
Aircraft: UH-1C tail number 66-00745
Call sign: Blue Ghost
Service number: W3154894
Country: South Vietnam
MOS: *
Primary cause: SVN-BNR
Major attributing cause: aircraft connected not at sea
Compliment cause: small arms fire
Vehicle involved: helicopter
Position in vehicle: aircraft commander
Vehicle ownership: government
Started Tour: 10/10/1967
"Official" listing: helicopter air casualty - other aircrew
The initial status of this person was: missing in action - bonified
Length of service: *
Location: Quang Tin Province I Corps.
Military grid coordinates of event: AT955308
Reason: aircraft lost or crashed
Casualty type: Hostile - died while missing
single male U.S. citizen
Race: Caucasian
Religion: Protestant - no denominational preference
The following information secondary, but may help in explaining this incident.
Category of casualty as defined by the Army: battle dead Category of personnel: active duty Army Military class: warrant officer
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