Lanier W. Phillips, Date of Birth, Date of Death
TweetLanier W. Phillips
American activist
Date of Birth: 14-Mar-1923
Date of Death: 11-Mar-2012
Profession: technician
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Pisces 
About Lanier W. Phillips
- Lanier W.
- Phillips (March 14, 1923 – March 11, 2012) was a survivor of the wreck of the USS Truxtun off the coast of Newfoundland, a retired oceanographer and a recipient of the U.S.
- Navy Memorial's Lone Sailor award for his distinguished post Navy civilian career.
- Phillips was an African American who was raised by sharecroppers in Lithonia, GA and who became the US Navy's first black sonar technician.
- Phillips died on March 12, 2012, at the Armed Forces Retirement Home in Gulfport, Mississippi.
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