WAYNE PHILLIPS WAR CASUALITY
INFANTRY PRIVATE FIRST CLASS SUFFERS WOUNDS IN LUXEMBOURG
Pfc. Wayne G. Phillips, 25, serving in the 101st infantry, was wounded in January 3, 1944, in Luxembourg, according to war department notification to his wife Mrs. Eileen Phillips, 3520 Macomb Avenue. The telegram stated that a letter would follow describing the nature of the wounds.
Pfc. Phillips, son of Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Phillips, 2519 Court Street, entered the service May 20, 1944, and took his basic training at Camp Roberts, Cal. He was home on furlough October 10, 1944 and sailed for overseas that month. The last word received from him was on November 29, written somewhere in France.
A brother, Burdette L. Phillips, coxswain, is stationed aboard a destroyer escort in the south Pacific. Another brother, Derold D. Phillips, gunner’s mate, also on a destroyer for the last 17 months in the South Pacific, returned to the States on December 31, 1944, and is spending a 21-day leave with his parents and sister, Mrs. James Cordell, who arrived January 21 from San Antonio, Texas.
Gunner’s Mate Derold Phillips participated in five campaigns, the Gilberts, Marshall Islands, Kwajalein, Saipan and the Philippines. After his leave he will return to his ship for further sea duty.
Source: The Sioux City Journal, January 23, 1945
