Paul David Phillips[1] (March 9, 1918 – August 27, 2023) was a United States Army Brigadier General and government official.

[2][3] He graduated from the academy in 1940 and was commissioned a Second Lieutenant in the Field Artillery branch of the United States Army (ASN: O-22939).

[5][1] On May 11, 1942, his unit surrendered to Japanese forces and he would spend the remainder of the war in POW camps in Mindanao, Luzon, Japan, Manchuria and Korea.

[6][2][12][13] He attended and graduated from the National War College in 1960 and then served as Deputy Commander of I Corps Artillery in Korea until 1961.

[1] He then served on the staff & faculty of the Air War College and would later attend George Washington University graduating in 1963 with a master's degree in international affairs.

[1][6][15] From 1966 to 1968 and 1969 to 1971 he worked for the Research Analysis Corporation serving as a senior analyst and later assistant to the vice president of the company.

[34] His remains were cremated and his ashes were buried at Saint John's Episcopal Church Columbarium in Granby, Colorado.