Ypsilanti is only a medium sized town of less than 20,000.
There should be records available. Someone should be able to find when Phillips was born.
He probably has a drivers license.
An actual, verifiable birth date would be very useful. How about High school year books for 1970-73?
There are records out there.
A real birth date would be very helpful.
gateway is saying the DOB is 02/22/1954 and that this nut claimed to be some recon ranger:
and: https://www.democraticunderground.org/100211698735