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World War II Honoree

World War II Veteran

Raymond Edward Phillips

Branch of Service

U.S. Army

Hometown

Middletown, Ohio

Honored By

Mrs. Mildred P. Kinder

Branch Seal
Activity During WWII

SERIAL NUMBER 6986695. U.S. ARMY COAST ARTILLERY. LENGTH OF SERVICE: NOVEMBER 1939 TO JULY 28, 1945. STATIONED AT FORT SLOCUM AND FORT WADSWORTH, NEW YORK BEFORE DEPARTING FOR PANAMA CANAL ZONE IN MARCH 1940. STATIONED IN CANAL ZONE FROM MARCH 11, 1940 TO OCTOBER 2, 1943 SERVING AS AN ELECTRICIAN MAINTAINING THE COASTAL SEARCHLIGHTS. SERVED IN UNITS AS FOLLOWS: BATTERY I, 73RD COAST ARTILLERY (ANTI-AIRCRAFT), FORT AMADOR AND POST OF COROZAL; BATTERY A, 615TH COAST ARTILLERY (ANTI-AIRCRAFT), FORT CLAYTON, AND BATTERY I, 87TH COAST ARTILLERY (ANTI-AIRCRAFT), FORT CLAYTON, CANAL ZONE. BACK STATESIDE IN OCTOBER 1943, SERVED AT FOLLOWING BASES UNTIL DISCHARGED: 1943, FORT BLISS, TEXAS; 1944, SHEPPARD FIELD, TEXAS; CAMP GRUBER, OKLAHOMA; AND FORT ORD.