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Jack Sanderson PHILLIPS
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| NUMBER OF SERVICE | 35895685 | ||||||
| AGE | 31 yo | ||||||
| DATE OF BIRTH | 9 july 1913 to Chicago ILLINOIS | ||||||
| ETAT | ILLINOIS | ||||||
| FAMILY | Married: Martha Jeanne Daughter: Jo Sandra | ||||||
| RANK | PVT | ||||||
| FONCTION | Infantry | ||||||
| JOB BEFORE ENLISTEMENT | - |  | |||||
| DATE of ENLISTEMENT | 28 september 1943 Indianapolis | ||||||
| BATTALION COMPANY | -- | ||||||
| REGIMENT SQUADRON | -- | ||||||
| DIVISION GROUP | -- | ||||||
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| DATE OF DEATH | 30 july 1944 |  | |||||
| STATUS | MIA 30 july 1944 KIA 1 august 1944 | ||||||
| PLACE OF DEATH | -- | ||||||
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| CEMETERY | BRITTANY AMERICAN CEMETERY of St James | ||||||
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According to his enlistment records he had studied 2 years of college and worked at a car factory. He married Martha Jeanne on June 28, 1940 and had a daughter called Jo Sandra. He had appointed his aunt, Flora A. Reffelt, of Gary, Indiana, as his next of kin on his military papers. Private Phillips enlisted in Indianapolis on September 28, 1943. He served in Company E, 115 Infantry Regiment, 29th Division, and survived the Normandy landings, as well as the St Lo campaign. He was listed MIA on July 30 and declared dead on August 1, 1944. He had just turned 31. He received a Bronze Star Medal and a Purple Heart. | |||||||
| SOURCE INFORMATION & PHOTO | Wendy - NARA records - National WWII Memorial, Washington DC - www.29thdivisionassociation.com - www.angelfire.com - Frédéric LAVERNHE - Patrick LEULLIER (Traduction) |
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| PROGRAMMER | Frédéric & Renaud |