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Personal info

Full name
PHILLIPS, Charles Alfred
Date of birth
1 February 1910
Age
34
Place of birth
New Bedford, Bristol County, Massachusetts
Hometown
New London, New London County, Connecticut

Military service

Service number
31272488
Rank
Technician Fifth Grade
Function
unknown
Unit
3rd Tank Battalion,
10th Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
20 December 1944
Place of death
Near Noville, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
E 9 2

Immediate family

Members
Alfred J. Phillips (father)
Robina C. (Knight) Phillips (mother)
Edna E. Phillips (sister)
Mildred Phillips (sister)
Gertrude Phillips (sister)
Ruth Phillips (sister)
Norma Phillips (sister)

More information

T/5 Charles A. Phillips graduated from Chapman Technical High School in 1928 and attended Northeastern University in Boston for three years. He was employed at the Connecticut Broach And Machine Company before he enlisted in Hartford, Connecticut on 3 December 1942.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery in Grand-Failly, France.

He is remembered at the Cedar Grove Cemetery in New London, New London County, Connecticut.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Massachusetts Birth Records / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, www.10tharmored.com, www.findagrave.com – Joy Ann Strasser
Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Luxembourg American Cemetery / Joy Ann Strasser