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Personal info

Full name
PHILLIPS, Dorman Edward
Date of birth
18 March 1915
Age
30
Place of birth
Adell, Parker County, Texas
Hometown
Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
38694790
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
342nd Infantry Regiment,
86th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
10 April 1945
Place of death
In the vicinity of Lüdenscheid, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
L 8 16

Immediate family

Members
Claude Phillips (father)
Ruth A. (Sullivan) Phillips (mother)
Elbert E. Phillips (brother)
Geraldine N. Phillips (sister)
Ruth (Otis) Phillips (wife)
Sandra E. Phillips (daughter)

More information

Pfc Dorman E. Phillips graduated from Perryton High School in 1934.

He enlisted at Fort Sill, Oklahoma on 7 april 1944.
He was an accountant before he enlisted.

Source of information: Leo Minne, Astrid van Erp, Terry Hirsch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.fold3.com, www.Ancestry.com - 1930/1940 Census / Headstone and Interment Record / Texas Birth Certificate,

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, Sandra Sears - Perry Memorial Library; Museum of the Plains