101st Airborne soldiers help welcome Vietnam veteran home

101st Airborne soldiers help welcome Vietnam veteran home
Hundreds turn out for Grundy County funeral
Sep. 27, 2011

Written by
Philip Grey
The Leaf-Chronicle

PALMER, Tenn. — As rain poured in sheets on a small cemetery in Grundy County on Monday, the family of Spc. Marvin Foster Phillips closed a chapter of their lives that had remained open for 45 years.

Phillips was declared missing in action in Vietnam after his helicopter was shot down over the South China Sea. Since his disappearance, many friends and relatives over the years had traced out his name on the Vietnam Wall in Washington, D.C.

And finally, he is home.

In commemorating Phillips' return Monday, the honor guard from 96th Aviation Support Battalion, 101st Combat Aviation Brigade, 101st Airborne Division, performed flawlessly, from standing guard at Layne Funeral Home, to transporting the remains to the Grundy County High School gymnasium, to graveside honors at Palmer Cemetery.
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