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Personal info

Full name
PHILLIPS, Stanley Dowell
Date of birth
25 September 1924
Age
20
Place of birth
Warwick County, Virginia
Hometown
Newport News, Virginia

Military service

Service number
33859561
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
B Company,
1st Battalion,
222nd Infantry Regiment,
42nd Infantry Division
Awards
Silver Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
17 March 1945
Place of death
Near Baerenthal, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
C 18 69

Immediate family

Members
Charles H. Phillips Sr. (father)
Margaret E. (Stanley) Phillips (mother)
Charles H. Phillips Jr. (brother)
Gloria P. Phillips (sister)
Wayne G. Phillips (brother)

More information

Pvt Stanley D. Phillips attended high school for three years and was a smith before he enlisted in Richmond, Virginia on 5 September 1944.

He was awarded the Silver Star Medal posthumously for his action on the day of his death: During an assault by his platoon Pvt Phillips advanced under hostile artillery fire to reconnoiter enemy positions deliberately exposing himself to intense small arms fire in order that the enemy position might be disclosed. While moving forward in the face of the heavy fire he became a casualty. His heroic action enabled the rest of his squad to advance under concealment and destroy the enemy strong point to permit the continued advance of the platoon.

He is remembered at the Peninsula Memorial Park in Newport News, Virginia.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Phillips Family Tree / Virginia Birth Records, www.findagrave.com – R Sanders, www.newspapers.com – Daily Press 9 September 1945

Photo source: www.newspapers.com – Daily Press 9 September 1945 / 5 April 1945, www.findagrave.com – Steve Centner