Obituary of SP4 Marvin Foster Phillips

GRUETLI-LAAGER - Specialist Marvin Foster Phillips, 20, of the United States Army, who has been missing in action for 45 years and recently found, died in the line of duty on Monday, September 26, 1966 on a combat operation in Vietnam, on a UH-1B aircraft that crashed in the South China Sea. He was born in Palmer, TN on June 30, 1946 to David and Rubie Davis Phillips who preceded him in death. He was a 1964 graduate of Grundy County High School. He is survived by his sisters, Mary Ruth (Mike) Shadrick, Palmer and Lucy (Paul) West, Jasper; brothers, Jerry Lee Phillips, Tullahoma, James Earl Phillips, Morrison, Bill Phillips, Kirk Phillips, Gruetli-Laager and Glenn (Terry) Phillips, Altamont; several nieces and nephews. Funeral services will be Monday, September 26, 2011 at 1:00 PM at the Grundy County High School Gymnasium at 24970 State Route 108, Coalmont, TN 37313. Bishop Willard Griffin will be officiating with burial to follow in the Palmer Cemetery with full Military Honors. Public Visitation: 3:00 PM - 10:00 PM Sunday, September 25, 2011 at Layne Funeral Home, Palmer, TN. If you have a memory of Marvin you would like shared with the family please write it down and bring to the funeral home on Sunday. Some or all remembrances will be read at the funeral service depending upon the amount of responses. Any questions about arrangements please call the funeral home office at 931-779-7777