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Personal info

Full name
PHILLIPS, William C
Date of birth
21 September 1915
Age
29
Place of birth
Whiting, Lake County, Indiana
Hometown
Highland, Lake County, Indiana

Military service

Service number
35152065
Rank
Technical Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
10th Armored Infantry Battalion,
4th Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
23 December 1944
Place of death
In or near Bigonville, Luxembourg

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
F 10 18

Immediate family

Members
Mike Phillips (father)
Barbara Phillips (mother)
Mary Phillips (sister)
Michael Phillips (brother)
Helen Phillips (sister)
John Phillips (brother)
George M. Phillips (brother)
Peter Phillips (brother)
Margaret Phillips (sister)
Opal (Powell) Phillips (wife)

More information

T/Sgt William C. Phillips enlisted at Fort Benjamin Harrison, Indiana on 28 January 1941. He was a veteran of the invasion of Normandy and the battle of France.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery of Grand Failly, France.

Source of information: André Koch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com - Opal Roper, www.ancestry.com - 1930 Census / Headstone and Interment Record, www.newspapers.com - The Hammond Times

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, www.wwiimemorial.com - Opal Roper, www.newspapers.com - The Hammond Times