PFC
John B Phelan
Aged 20, fallen January 6, 1945
- Unit
- Company E, 242nd Infantry Regiment
- Serial number
- 34734543
- Hometown
- Gibson, Tennessee
- Date of death
- January 6, 1945
- Classification
- Killed in action
- Burial
- Oakland Cemetery, Trenton, Tennessee
Private First Class John B Phelan, serial number 34734543, of Gibson, Tennessee, served with Company E of the 242nd Infantry Regiment in the 42nd Infantry Division, the Rainbow Division. He was killed in action on January 6, 1945, at the age of 20. He is buried at Oakland Cemetery, Trenton, Tennessee.
Further reading: The 42nd “Rainbow” Division Was Not at the Battle of the Bulge.
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