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Personal info

Full name
PHILLIPS, Roy Eli
Date of birth
26 November 1912
Age
32
Place of birth
Beloit, Mahoning County, Ohio
Hometown
Beloit, Mahoning County, Ohio

Military service

Service number
35247663
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
314th Infantry Regiment,
79th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
9 January 1945
Place of death
Near Herrlisheim, Fracne

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
A 30 8

Immediate family

Members
Eli T. Phillips (father)
Elsa B. (Stanley) Phillips (mother)
Ora M. Phillips (sister)
Floyd L. Phillips (brother)
Harold W. Phillips (brother)
Arwilda G. Phillips (sister)
Treva L. Phillips (sister)
Jean B. Phillips (sister)
Keith Phillips (brother)
Eva E. (Dailey) Phillips (wife)
Beverly Phillips (daughter)
Richard Phillips (son)

More information

Pfc Roy E. Phillips enlisted at Fort Benjamin Harrison, Indiana on 21 March 1944.

He was killed by artillery shell fragments to his thigh.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, 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 / Hill Family Tree / 1940 Census / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card, Combat History 314th Infantry Regiment
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Andy