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Personal info

Full name
PHILLIPS, William T
Date of birth
1912
Age
unknown
Place of birth
Pennsylvania
Hometown
Carnegie, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
35918132
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
359th Infantry Regiment,
90th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
27 September 1944
Place of death
Near Metz, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
C 17 41

Immediate family

Members
Thomas S. Phillips (father)
Lowell Phillips (brother)
Lucy M. (Farmer) Phillips (wife)

More information

Pvt William T. Phillips attended high school for 3 years and was a skilled welder and flame cutter before he enlisted in Cleveland, Ohio on 6 October 1943.

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

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record, www.newspapers.com - The Pittsburgh Press Pennsylvania - 1 November 1944
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