Name:
Basil Wayne Phillips
Rank:
Private First Class
Serial Number:
454877
Unit:
9th Marine Regiment, 3rd Marine Division
Date of Death:
1944-07-25
State:
Texas
Cemetery:
National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, Honolulu, Honolulu County, Hawaii, USA
Plot:
Section E
Row:
Grave:
Site 860
Decoration:
Purple Heart
Comments:
Basil Wayne Phillips was born on June 12, 1925, in Texas. He was the son of Charles Herman Phillips Sr. and Ida Irene Green Yates.
He served in Company F, 2nd Battalion, 9th Marine Regiment, 3rd Marine Division as a Private First Class during World War II. He was Killed in Action on July 25, 1944, during the Battle for Guam.