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Personal info

Full name
WEIS, Philip Warren
Date of birth
7 June 1923
Age
21
Place of birth
Stearns County, Minnesota
Hometown
Sartell, Stearns County, Minnesota

Military service

Service number
37555522
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
328th Infantry Regiment,
26th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
6 January 1945
Place of death
In the woods at Shumann's Eck, near the town of Wiltz, Luxembourg

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
E 3 12

Immediate family

Members
Philip A. Weis (father)
Hazel L. (Boyer) Weis (mother)
Roland Weis (brother)

More information

Pfc Philip W. Weis graduated from Technical High school and was employed at the De Zurik Shower company in Sartell before he enlisted on 4 March 1943. He was sent overseas in September 1944.

Pfc Weis was killed only six miles from the former home of his grandfather, whoimemigrated to Minnesota in 1871.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Sophie Vleugels, www.abmc.gov, https://nicoluxembourg.com, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, www.findagrave.com – Michael J. Petrie, www.fold3.com – 26th Infantry Division

Photo source: www.findagrave.com, https://nicoluxembourg.com, www.newspapers.com – St. Cloud Times - 10 October 1945