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Gladimir Philippe
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Name: Army Sgt. 1st Class Gladimir Philippe
Age: 37
From: Linden, N.J.
Assigned to Battery B, 3rd Battalion, 18th Field Artillery Regiment, Fort Sill, Okla.
Incident: Army Sgt. 1st Class Gladimir Philippe was killed in action in Iraq sometime between June 25 and June 28.
Died: June 28, 2003
Age: 37
From: Linden, N.J.
Assigned to Battery B, 3rd Battalion, 18th Field Artillery Regiment, Fort Sill, Okla.
Incident: Army Sgt. 1st Class Gladimir Philippe was killed in action in Iraq sometime between June 25 and June 28.
Died: June 28, 2003
Philippe and Pfc. Kevin C. Ott, with the same unit, had been listed as missing in action after they failed to respond to a radio check June 25 south of Balad, Iraq. A search party was sent to the location of their last radio transmission, but was unable to find the soldiers. Their remains were located in Taji, Iraq, on June 28.
The eldest of nine children, Sgt. 1st Class Gladimir Philippe called home from Iraq often and counseled his little brother to swear off girls and keep his head on straight.
“He was like my best friend and my brother at the same time,” said Fedlyn Philippe, 16, Gladimir’s youngest brother. “He was a person I could just talk to. I looked up to him a lot.”
Philippe’s body and that of a fellow soldier were...
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Battery B, 3rd Battalion, 18th Field Artillery Regiment, Fort Sill, Okla.
Incident
Army Sgt. 1st Class Gladimir Philippe was killed in action in Iraq sometime between June 25 and June 28.
Prayers & Messages
Gladimir Philippe
2008-04-09
May the grace of God, the love of Jesus, and the peace of the Holy Spirit be with you and your family forever.