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Personal info

Full name
PHILLIPS, Lawrence Elwood
Date of birth
17 June 1920
Age
24
Place of birth
Snyder, Blair County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Washington, Snyder County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
33159520
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
B Company,
1st Battalion,
143rd Infantry Regiment,
36th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
5 October 1944
Place of death
Laveline-du-Houx, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
A 47 11

Immediate family

Members
Howard R. Phillips (father)
Sallie M. (Stuck) Phillips (mother)
Martha I. Phillips (sister)
Marie Phillips (sister)
Mabel G. Phillips (sister)
Richard H. Phillips (brother)
John F. Phillips (brother)
Carl G. Phillips (brother)
Eugene R. Phillips (brother)

More information

Pfc Lawrence E. Phillips was a lumberman before he enlisted in New Cumberland, Pennsylvania on 26 February 1942. he was sent overseas in April 1943.

He was killed by artillery shell fragments.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, https://36th-id.frb.io, https://texasmilitaryforcesmuseum.org/, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / WWII Draft Cards Young Men / WWII Hospital Admission Card Files / O’Rourke Bravo Family Tree, www.findagrave.com – Coleman / SueMac – Selinsgrove Times Tribune - 2 November 1944

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Andy