Brian M. McPhillips |

Brian McPhillips in uniform [ca. 2002] | Afghanistan and Iraq Wars, 2001-present
Marine Corps
2nd Tank Battalion
Camp Lejeune, North Carolina; Iraq
First Lieutenant
Concord, MA
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Brian McPhillips graduated in 2000 from Providence College, and he enlisted in the Marines. When the U.S. invaded Iraq in 2003, Brian was a platoon commander in charge of a convoy of 35 vehicles. The officer in charge of a scout platoon was injured, and Brian took his place. During the drive to capture Baghdad, determined to stop for nothing, they ran into an ambush on April 4. Brian was killed by a shot to the back of his head. In this 2005 interview, his father David, himself a veteran of the Vietnam War, talks about his son's commitment to his men and his mission.
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