Highest Honors Special Operations POW / MIA
United States of America
Headstone of Robert Preston Phillips
Headstone of Robert Preston Phillips
U.S. Air Force · United States United States

Robert Preston Phillips

Lieutenant Colonel
1920 – 2009
3 wars 1 assignment

Lieutenant Colonel Robert Preston Phillips served in the U.S. Air Force for 16 years. Robert served in the Korean War, the Vietnam War and the Cold War. Robert was 88 years old.

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Branch

U.S. Air Force · 1947 – 1963

Highest rank

Lieutenant Colonel

Wars

Korean WarVietnam WarCold War
Service Record
U.S. Air Force
1947 – 1963
Conflicts
Korean War Vietnam War Cold War
Burial Information
Cemetery Arlington National Cemetery ↗
Section 54
Grave 4278
  • The grave itself
  • 12 laid nearby · point at one to see who, click for more

Laid nearby · Section 54

8,206 others are held in this section; these are the nearest stones.

Robert Phillip HorakGrave 4193Bertha HorakGrave 4193Dwayne Serge LoganGrave 4279Agnes I FayGrave 4363John Charles MacgillGrave 4277Patrick L Clark Sr.Grave 4192Billy Joe ThomlisonGrave 4364Sigrid ThomlisonGrave 4364Richard MontalvoGrave 4194Willis Benjamin MorlanGrave 4362Henry J EzenGrave 4449Michael Allen MartinGrave 4109
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