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Personal info

Full name
PHILLIPS, Winfred
Date of birth
30 August 1916
Age
28
Place of birth
Waynesville, Haywood County, North Carolina
Hometown
Waynesville, Haywood County, North Carolina

Military service

Service number
34772505
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
309th Engineer Combat Battalion,
84th Infantry Division,
9th Army
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
2 May 1945
Place of death
Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
M 8 16

Immediate family

Members
Henry K. Phillips (father)
Cora L. (McDavise) Phillips (mother)
Lillian Phillips (sister)
Jannie Phillips (sister)
Sidney Phillips (brother)
Catherine Phillips (sister)
Aideen Phillips (wife)
Eleanor J. Phillips (daughter)

More information

Pfc Winfred Phillips was a chauffeur before he enlisted at Camp Croft, South Carolina on 12 April 1943. He was sent overseas in July 1943.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - 1930/1940 Census / U.S. Headstone and Interment Records for U.S. Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil / Steve Rhodes Family Tree / North Carolina Birth Indexes 1800-2000, The Waynesville Montaineer - 21 June 1945

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, The Waynesville Montaineer - 21 June 1945