SGT. ROY PHELAN DEAD IN GERMANY
Killed In Action February 10
Mr. and Mrs. Wyatt Phelan of Union township were notified last week that their son,T/Sgt. Roy Phelan, had been killed in action in Germany, February 10.
He was inducted into the Army in 1942 and early in 1943 went overseas. He was an ordinance expert connected with General Patton’s Army.
He is survived by his parents, and six brothers and sisters: Emmett Phelan, Remsen; Leland Phelan, at home; Raymond Phelan, Brunsville; Mrs. John Marienau (Marie), Brunsville; Mrs. Dick Osterbuhr (Helen), living with her parents while her husband is overseas; and Mrs. Henry Marienau (Evelyn), Brunsville.
Source: LeMars Semi-Weekly Sentinel, March 16, 1945 (photo included)
HOPE TO BRING BODY OF ROY PHELAN HOME
No arrangements for memorial services for T. Sgt. Roy Phelan, killed in action in Europe, have been made, pending the government’s reply to a request by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Wyatt Phelan, that the body be returned to this country for burial. Encouragement for the hopes of the parents is contained in a statement of the War Department a few days ago, that “no American dead will be buried in German soil.” T. Sgt. Phelan was killed in Germany.
Source: LeMars Globe-Post, March 19, 1945
Roy Wyatt Phelan was born July 5, 1909 to Wyatt and Josephine May Ostert Phelan. He died Feb. 10, 1945 and is buried in Luxembourg American Cemetery, Luxembourg. He has a cenotaph in Union Twp Cemetery, Remsen, IA, which reads: " In Memory of Sgt. T/4 Roy W. Phelan, Hamm Luxembourg"
Sgt. Phelan served in World War II with the U.S. Army 11th Infantry Regiment, 5th Infantry Division. He was awarded the Purple Heart.
Sources: ancestry.com; abmc.gov
