Each day in life remembered
With love we send a prayer
In Memory of everyone
Whose names we shall revere

We ask the Lord to Bless You
With words in life we share
To let you know that all of us
Offer special prayers

Dear Lord our friends are missing
We don't know where they are
But know that You are watching them
Assigning each a star

A star in life that's glowing
Within the sky so blue
Hoping that they see it
Sent with Love by You

Each of them life's Blessing
That go on with no end
The names of each are written
Within our hearts that blend

And so it is with sadness
With hope in life we share
Love to all our missing
Their hearts the gift we wear.

~ Francine Pucillo ~
Copyright April 7, 2003

PHILLIPS, MARVIN FOSTER


Name: Marvin Foster Phillips
Rank/Branch: E4/US Army
Unit: 114th Assault Helicopter Company
Date of Birth: 30 June 1946 (Palmer TN)
Home City of Record: Gruetli TN
Date of Loss: 26 September 1966
Country of Loss: South Vietnam/Over Water
Loss Coordinates: 094014N 1063454E (XR735693)
Status (in 1973): Killed/Body Not Recovered
Category: 5
Aircraft/Vehicle/Ground: UH1B
Refno: 0474
Other Personnel in Incident: Henry L. Mosburg (missing) 2 unnamed crewmen: 1
rescued, one body recovered.
Source: Compiled by Homecoming II Project 15 June 1990 from one or more of
the following: raw data from U.S. Government agency sources, correspondence
with POW/MIA families, published sources, interviews. Updated by the P.O.W.
NETWORK 1998.

REMARKS:
SYNOPSIS: Capt. Henry L. Mosburg was a pilot assigned to the 114th Assault

Helicopter Company. On September 26, 1966, he was assigned a combat assault

mission in the Delta region of South Vietnam over Vinh Binh Province. He

departed with a crew of four, including himself.

On the second pass on a target near the mouth of the Son Co Chien River,

Mosburg's aircraft was fired on by small arms. As the aircraft prepared for

a third pass, it was noticed that one of the helicopter's rockets was on

fire on the left side of the aircraft.

Observers watched the tail section of the aircraft fall away, causing the

helicopter to fall toward the water in a steep spin. The helicopter landed

on its right side in approximately nine feet of water. One person (unnamed)

was rescued, and one body was recovered. Mosburg was not found, nor was his

gunner, SP4 Marvin F. Phillips.

An exhaustive ocean search was made surrounding the crash area, but no trace

of Phillips or Mosburg was ever found. Because of the over-water area, it

was considered that the two were killed, and that it would be impossible to

recover their remains.

For Mosburg and Phillips, death seems a certainty. For hundreds of others,

however, simple answers are not possible. Adding to the torment of nearly

10,000 reports relating to Americans missing in Southeast Asia is the

certain knowledge that some Americans who were known to be prisoners of war

were not released at the end of the war. Others were suspected to be

prisoners, and still others were in radio contact with would-be rescuers

when last seen alive. Many were known to have survived their loss incidents,

only to disappear without a trace.

The problem of Americans still missing torments not only the families of

those who are missing, but the men who fought by their sides, and those in

the general public who realize the full implication of leaving men

unaccounted for at the end of a war.

Tragically, many authorities believe there are hundreds of Americans still

alive in captivity in Southeast Asia today. What must they be thinking of

us? What will our next generation say if called to fight if we are unable to

bring these men home from Southeast Asia?

Names Of Other Service Man Missing from TN

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