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Lee Hugh Phillips
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Rank
Corporal, U.S. Marine Corps
Unit
E CO 2 BN 7 MAR 1 MAR DIV
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Date of Death
November 27, 1950
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Corporal Phillips was a member of Company E, 2nd Battalion, 7th Marines, 1st Marine Division. On November 4, 1950 in North Korea, he led his squad on an assault of a heavily fortified enemy position. He drove back an enemy counter attack, then continued the assault on another position. He was Killed in Action while fighting the enemy at the Chosin Reservoir, North Korea on November 27, 1950. His remains were not recovered. His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial. |
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