- SURNAME
Phillips
- FORENAME
Weslie Louis
- UNIT
4 Raider Bn (Company P)
- RANK
Corporal
- NUMBER
255235
- AWARD
Distinguished Service Cross
- PLACE
New Georgia 1943
- ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
born 04.04.1919, North Abington, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, USA
wife Edith Mart Phillips (1920-1965)
resided North Abington, Massachusetts
died 02.05.1993 (Aged 74), Tarrant County, Texas, USA
buried Woodlawn Memorial Park, Gotha, Orange County, Florida, USA
CITATION:
Distinguished Service Cross : The President of the United States of America, authorized by Act of Congress, July 9, 1918, takes pleasure in presenting the Distinguished Service Cross to Corporal Weslie L. Phillips (MCSN: 288235), United States Marine Corps, for extraordinary heroism in connection with military operations against an armed enemy while serving with Company P, FOURTH Marine Raider Battalion, in the early part of the engagement at Bairoko Harbor, New Georgia, Solomon Islands, on 20 July 1943. Occupying a key position in the center of his company's lines, Corporal Phillips pressed forward alone with a machine gun after all the other men in his squad had become casualties. The fire he laid down was so destructive that the enemy were driven from a ridge. Gathering ammunition from the dead and wounded, he held off the enemy while the wounded were being evacuated under the cover of his fire. The outstanding heroism and skill displayed by Corporal Phillips on this occasion reflect highest credit upon himself and the Armed Forces of the United States.
WEB LINKS:
https://valor.militarytimes.com/hero/9066FINDAGRAVE:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/160678347/weslie-louis-phillips
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