Pfc. Lewis R. Phillips


Born:  4 November 1916 - Beloit, Wisconsin

Parents: Louis H. Phillips & Rose Phillips

Siblings: 2 sisters, 1 brother

Home:  467 Galena Road - Janesville, Wisconsin

    - residence was west of Footville, Wisconsin 

Enlisted:  Wisconsin National Guard

Inducted: 

    - U. S. Army

        - November 25, 1940 - Janesville, Wisconsin

Training:  

    - Fort Knox, Kentucky

    - Camp Polk, Louisiana

Overseas Duty:  

    - Fort Stotsenburg, Philippine Islands

Engagements:

    - Battle of Luzon  

    - Battle of Bataan

Prisoner of War:  

    - April 9, 1942

        - Death March

POW Camps: 

    - Philippine Islands:  

        - Camp O'Donnell

        - Cabanatuan

Died:  

    - 4 November 1942 -dysentery

        - Approximate time of death - 10:30 PM

Buried:  Tablets of the Missing - American Military Cemetery - Manila


 

 

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