Army Staff Sgt. Phillips was assigned to the 3rd Battalion, 7th Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division, Fort Stewart, Georgia. He died in Bahbahani of wounds sustained when his vehicle encountered an improvised explosive device. Ronald graduated in 1994 from Conway High School in Conway, South Carolina. His family was shocked when he joined the Army in 1996 but it was a match that suited him. While leading a four-vehicle patrol during his second tour in Iraq, Ronald was killed – four days before he was scheduled to return home on a two week leave. His family remembers his love of R&B music and his mom's peanut butter cookies. He was a loving husband and great father to his two young children. Ronald will be laid to rest next to his grandfather who was a Sergeant Major for the military.
Army Staff Sgt. Phillips was assigned to the 3rd Battalion, 7th Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division, Fort Stewart, Georgia. He died in Bahbahani of wounds sustained when his vehicle encountered an improvised explosive device. Ronald graduated in 1994 from Conway High School in Conway, South Carolina. His family was shocked when he joined the Army in 1996 but it was a match that suited him. While leading a four-vehicle patrol during his second tour in Iraq, Ronald was killed – four days before he was scheduled to return home on a two week leave. His family remembers his love of R&B music and his mom's peanut butter cookies. He was a loving husband and great father to his two young children. Ronald will be laid to rest next to his grandfather who was a Sergeant Major for the military.
