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Personal info

Full name
PHILLIPS, Robert Bingham "Bob"
Date of birth
6 July 1925
Age
19
Place of birth
Tulare, Tulare County, California
Hometown
Tulare, Tulare County, California

Military service

Service number
39419073
Rank
Private First Class
Function
Automatic Rifleman
Unit
L Company,
3rd Battalion,
406th Infantry Regiment,
102nd Infantry Division
Awards
Silver Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
18 November 1944
Place of death
Near Apweiler, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
G 16 17

Immediate family

Members
Harold O. Phillips (father)
Kathryn A. (Hackleman) Phillips (mother)
Charles L. Phillips (brother)

More information

Pfc Robert B. Phillips enlisted in Fresno, California on 28 September 1943.
Fatally wounded in intense enemy fire Robert successfully assaulted 2 enemy machine gun nests threatening the advance of his platoon.

Source of information: André Koch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - 1930/1940 Census / Phillips/Williams Family Tree, http://infantryozark.blogspot.nl

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