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Personal info

Full name
SYMONS, Phillip Coleman
Date of birth
5 December 1913
Age
31
Place of birth
Oregon
Hometown
Skamania County, Washington

Military service

Service number
39469782
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
513th Parachute Infantry Regiment,
17th Airborne Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
8 January 1945
Place of death
Near Flamierge, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
E 6 43

Immediate family

Members
Frank M. Symons (father)
Bertha E. (McClanahan) Symons (mother)
Marion L. Symons (sister)
Mabel R. Symons (sister)
Alta V. Symons (sister)
Irene O. Symons (wife)

More information

Pvt Phillip C. Symons Flushing High School and was a post man.

He enlisted in Spokane, Washington, on 26 January 1944.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.findagrave.com, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record, http://www.ww2-airborne.us
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - soilsister