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Personal info

Full name
PHILLIPS, Luther Leon
Date of birth
20 December 1915
Age
28
Place of birth
Cole, McClain County, Oklahoma
Hometown
Wayne, McClain County, Oklahoma

Military service

Service number
38153855
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
F Company,
2nd Battalion,
22nd Infantry Regiment,
4th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
17 November 1944
Place of death
Düren, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
B 4 13

Immediate family

Members
John E. Phillips (father)
Evelyn (Smith) Phillips (wife)

More information

Pvt Luther L. Phillips enlisted in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma on 27 June 1942.

He worked on a farm before he enlisted.

Pvt Luther L. Phillips had been overseas since July 1944 and was wounded in August and had returned to his company after being in hospital 46 days.

Source of information: Danny van der Groen, Peter Schouteten, Carla Mans, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, The Purcell Register 18 January 1945

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, The Purcell Register 18 January 1945