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Personal info

Full name
PHELPS, Franklin Eugene
Date of birth
6 December 1920
Age
24
Place of birth
Libertyville, Lake County, Illinois
Hometown
Jefferson County, Wisconsin

Military service

Service number
36843777
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
C Company,
702nd Tank Destroyer Battalion
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
2 March 1945
Place of death
Eurdingen, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
N 7 8

Immediate family

Members
Frank H. Phelps (father)
Edna M. (Miller) Phelps (mother)
Clinton A. Phelps (brother)
Rosetta M. Phelps (sister)
Darlene G. Phelps (sister)
Patricia Phelps (sister)
Lenore Phelps (sister)
Lavon J. Phelps (sister)
Robert A. Phelps (brother)
Catharine (Schmidt) Phelps (wife)
Jackie Phelps (daughter)
Joanne J. Phelps (daughter)

More information

Franklin E. Phelps graduated from Neillsville High School in 1938.

The first two pictures were taken in high school in 1938.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Terry Hirsch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - U.S., Headstone and Interment Records for U.S. Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil / Seyn Family Tree / 1940 Census / Nelson Family Tree, After Action Report 702nd Tank Destroyer Battalion

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, Neillsville High School, 1938, 1936, The Milwaukee Journal 9 April 1945