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Personal info

Full name
MILLER, Philip T
Date of birth
6 January 1920
Age
24
Place of birth
Greensburg, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Hunker, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania
Religion
Protestant

Military service

Service number
33292694
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
E Company,
2nd Battalion,
327th Glider Infantry Regiment,
101st Airborne Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
22 September 1944
Place of death
The Netherlands

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
L 13 15

Immediate family

Members
Edgar T. Miller (father)
Eugenia A. (Eidemiller) Miller (mother)
Elvira J. Miller (sister)
Edgar Miller (brother)
Helena Miller (sister)
Irene Miller (sister)
Peggy Miller (sister)
Betty Miller (sister)
Stella M. Miller (sister)

More information

Pfc Philip T. Miller graduated from Greensburg High School withthe class of 1938 and was employed at the Robertshaw Thermostat Company.

He enlisted on 29 August 1942 in Greensburgh, Pennsylvania and was sent overseas in September 1943..

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery of Son, The Netherlands.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ww2-airborne.us, www.archives.gov, www.marketgarden.com, www.ancestry.com - Greensburg Daily Tribune / Veteran Compensation Application File / Family Tree / Headstone and Interment Record

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, www.ancestry.com - Greensburg High School Yearbook 1938