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Personal info

Full name
PHILLIPPI, James Stephan
Date of birth
5 March 1925
Age
20
Place of birth
Mountain City, Johnson County, Tennessee
Hometown
Mountain City, Johnson County, Tennessee

Military service

Service number
34735517
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
15th Infantry Regiment,
3rd Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
20 April 1945
Place of death
In the vicinity of Nürnberg, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
D 21 35

Immediate family

Members
Edward T. Phillippi (father)
Neva (Walker) Phillippi (mother)
Muncie G. Phillippi (brother)
William T. Phillippi (brother)
Annie G. Phillippi (half-sister)
Nola M. Phillippi (half-sister)
Ethie M. Phillippi (half-sister)
Edward T. Phillippi (half-brother)
Maude A. Phillippi (half-sister)

More information

Pfc James S. Phillippi enlisted on 5 March 1943.

In February 1944, in Italy, he was wounded by artillery shell fragments in the forearm and eye. He was discharged from the hospital in March 1944.

He was killed by small arms fire in the thorax.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com – 1930/1940 Census / Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. Draft Cards Young Men / US WW2 Hospital Admission Cards, Family tree History 3rd Infantry Division WWII

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Astrid