My info is he was born in 1955. That would make him 16 in ‘71, 17 in ‘72. He could possibly have joined the Marines in 73 at 18 years old,. but could not have been combat-trained until ‘74. The Marines were in the process of pulling out in ‘74 and South Vietnam fell to Ho Chi Min in mid ‘75. There’s not much there there for Mr. Phillips.
His wiki claims Feb 22, 1954 birthdate