World War II Honoree

Roger N. Phillips

Branch of Service

U.S. Army

Hometown

Pottawatomie County, Kansas

Honored By

Robert S. Cox

Relationship

Relationship Not Determined

ENTERED MILITARY SERVICE AND TRAINED INITIALLY IN THE AMERICAN THEATER FOR ENTRY-LEVEL ‘OFFICER BASIC TRAINING’ AND THEN FOR ADVANCED MILITARY BRANCH QUALIFICATION. DEPLOYED AND SERVED OVERSEAS IN THE EUROPEAN-AFRICAN-MIDDLE EASTERN THEATER. HE WAS KILLED (DIED OF WOUNDS) IN AN AIRCRAFT CRASH ON NOVEMBER 1, 1944, IN FRANCE, WHILE BEING MEDICALLY EVACUATED. HIS RANK WAS FIRST LIEUTENANT. POSTHUMOUSLY AWARDED THE PURPLE HEART, AMERICAN CAMPAIGN MEDAL, EUROPEAN-AFRICAN-MIDDLE EASTERN CAMPAIGN MEDAL, AND WWII VICTORY MEDAL, AND HIS FAMILY WAS ISSUED HIS HONORABLE SERVICE LAPEL BUTTON.