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Personal info

Full name
DEES, Philip Jr
Date of birth
18 October 1918
Age
26
Place of birth
Arkansas
Hometown
Columbia County, Arkansas

Military service

Service number
38668605
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
K Company,
3rd Battalion,
16th Infantry Regiment,
1st Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
19 January 1945
Place of death
North of Faymonville, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
D 6 22

Immediate family

Members
Philip Dees (father)
Margery (Hayes) Dees (mother)
Jerusha (Hinshaw) Dees (wife)
Margery J. Dees (daughter)

More information

Pfc Philip Dees, Jr graduated from Magnolia High School and Magnolia A. & M. College. He owned and operated a lumber yard in Ft. Worth, Texas,

He entered into the Army on 11 May 1944 and on 19 November 1944, he arrived on the European front.

Source of information: Max Poorthuis, Raf Dyckmans, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Hinshaw Family Tree, www.16thinfantry.com, www.history.army.mil/html/bookshelves/resmat/ww2list.html

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, Storiesbehindthestars.org