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Personal info

Full name
PHILBRICK, Earl Robert "Brick"
Date of birth
1924
Age
unknown
Place of birth
Maine
Hometown
Kennebec County, Maine

Military service

Service number
31466750
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
B Company,
1st Battalion,
407th Infantry Regiment,
102nd Infantry Division
Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
12 December 1944
Place of death
Near Linnich, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Walls of the Missing

Immediate family

Members
Charles M. Philbrick (father)
Blanche E. (Ferguson) Philbrick (mother)
Clarence J. Philbrick (brother)
Loren C. Philbrick (brother)
Samuel Philbrick (brother)
Alice V. Philbrick (sister)
Malcolm D. Philbrick (brother)
Edith B. Philbrick (sister)

More information

Pvt Earl R. Philbrick attended the Sidney public schools and was graduated from Cony High School. While in high school he was employed at the North Augusta Dairy, formerly owned by his uncle Roland Philbrick.
He enlisted at Fort Devens, Massachusetts on 8 May 1944 and received his basic training at Camp Blanding, Florida.

He was a member of a patrol with the mission of crossing the Roer river during Operation Queen and laying an ambush along a trail. They loaded into an assault boat at Flossdorf, Germany, but part way across the boat overturned.

Source of information: Astrid van Erp, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - WWII Enlistment Record / 1940 Census, www.newspapers.com - Daily Kennebec Journal

Photo source: Astrid van Erp, www.ancestry.com - Cony High School Yearbook 1943