Jimmy Wayne Phipps
Private First Class
B CO, 1ST ENG BN, 1ST MARDIV, III MAF
United States Marine Corps
Culver City, California
November 01, 1950 to May 27, 1969
JIMMY W PHIPPS is on the Wall at Panel W23, Line 2

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PFC JIMMY WAYNE PHIPPS


Jimmy W Phipps

PFC JIMMY WAYNE PHIPPS

 
"PFC Phipps was attached to Company C, 1st Bn, 5th Marines at the time of his death. We were then operating in the Arizona Territory northwest of An Hoa.

I was Platoon Commander of 3d Platoon Charlie Company. On the morning of May 27, 1969, we found the dud 175 round that eventually killed him during our morning patrol. Because I did not have an engineer attached to my patrol, we returned to the Company perimeter and reported the location of the round.

2d Lt Neil Meier, platoon commander of 1st platoon, took out the afternoon patrol, and PFC Phipps accompanied the platoon. It was Neil who was one of the men Phipps saved by his gallant action.

I remember him as a friendly young man who was glad to be attached to a rifle company and away from the humdrum of the garrison-like life of an Engineer Company. He was a gallant Marine."

Michael R. McCarty
LtCol, USMC (Ret)
106086@email.msn.com


Other remembrances of PFC Jimmy Wayne Phipps may be found on
Neil Mishalov's site

Private First Class Phipps rests in the
Woodlawn Cemetery, Santa Monica, California.


 
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The picture of Jimmy in civilian clothes is his late high school picture, 11th grade, I think.

Jimmy left high school to join the Marines. He said that he wanted to do something with his life, so my parents signed papers to let him join, since he was only 17 at the time. 

My brother Jimmy had a very kind heart, he always was helping
everyone. He used to help me with my homework if I had trouble.

Jimmy was the second of four children (3 boys and 1 girl). 
I am the youngest. 

memorial from his Sister,
Cordy Phipps Henry
cordy@socal.rr.com
31 May 2001 


 
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