Phillip D. McNeill

Died: January 20, 2007

Rank: Sergeant

Unit: 3rd Battalion, 509th Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division

Branch: U.S. Army

Sergeant Phillip D. McNeill died when an improvised explosive device detonated near his Humvee in Karmah, Iraq, on January 20, 2007. Three other Soldiers perished in the same incident. The 22-year-old combat medic was serving with the 3rd Battalion, 509th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division out of Fort Richardson, Alaska, to support Operation Iraqi Freedom. He was laid to rest in Owingsville Cemetery in Owingsville, Kentucky.