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Personal info

Full name
WADE, Phillip James
Date of birth
27 June 1916
Age
28
Place of birth
Youngstown, Mahoning County, Ohio
Hometown
Blue Island, Cook County, Illinois

Military service

Service number
20607745
Rank
Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
119th Infantry Regiment,
30th Infantry Division
Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Missing in Action
Date of death
4 October 1944
Place of death
Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Walls of the Missing

Immediate family

Members
Arthur Starr (stepfather)
Isabelle (Blayney) Wade (mother)
Arthur E. Starr (stepbrother)
Eleanor Wade (sister)
Mary J. Wade (sister)

More information

Sgt Phillip J. Wade enlisted in Chicago, Illinois on 5 March 1941.

He was reported missing in action on 27 September 1944 and died of wounds in a POW camp in Germany on 4 October 1944.


Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, Terry Hirsch, Astrid van Erp, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - 1940 Census, www.oldhickory30th.com, www.newspapers.com - Blue Island Sun Standard, WWII Draft Card

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, www.wwiimemorial.com