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Personal info

Full name
PHILLIPS, Herbert S
Date of birth
8 November 1913
Age
31
Place of birth
Newfoundland, Wayne County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Wayne County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
33456600
Rank
Technician Fourth Grade
Function
unknown
Unit
393rd Infantry Regiment,
99th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Finding of Death
Date of death
17 December 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Rocherath, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Ardennes
Plot Row Grave
D 2 51

Immediate family

Members
Charles H. Phillips (father)
Kate A. (Simons) Phillips (mother)
Henrietta M. (Silsi) Phillips (wife)

More information

T/4 Herbert S. Phillips graduated from Green-Dreher Vocational School. He was employed at the Newfoundland Hotel as a bartender.

He enlisted in Wilkes Barre, Pennsylvania on 30 November 1942.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Terry Hirsch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - U.S., Headstone and Interment Records for U.S. Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil / C Gilpin Family Tree / Pennsylvania, Veteran Compensation Application Files, WWII,

Photo source: Jac Engels, The Times Tribune - 24 December 1945