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Personal info

Full name
PHELPS, Marshall Field "Ted"
Date of birth
19 March 1906
Age
38
Place of birth
Rives Junction, Jackson County, Michigan
Hometown
Rives Junction, Jackson County, Michigan

Military service

Service number
36177679
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
315th Infantry Regiment,
79th Infantry Division
Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
3 October 1944
Place of death
Forêt de Parroy, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
A 16 42

Immediate family

Members
Ralph Phelps (father)
Cecile E. (Pulver) Phelps (mother)
Melvin R. Phelps (brother)
Rosamond Phelps (sister)
Ronald Phelps (brother)
Vaughn R. Phelps (brother)
Forest C. Phelps (brother)
Raymond F. Phelps (brother)
Gene R. Phelps (brother)
Donald A. Phleps (brother)
Duane Phelps (brother)
Sidney C. Phelps (brother)

More information

Pfc Marshall F. Phelps attended college for one year and was employed at the New York Central Railroad before he enlisted at Fort Custer, Michigan on 31 March 1942.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery in Andilly, France.

His brother, Donald A. Phelps, is buried next to him and his brother, Gene R. Phelps, is remembered on the Walls of the Missing at the North African American Cemetery in Tunisia.

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 / 1940 Census, Combat History 79th Infantry Division
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Nicole Leibrecht Gros / Woose