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TSgt. Russell Holly Phillips

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TSgt. Russell Holly Phillips Veteran

Birth
Sacramento, Sacramento County, California, USA
Death
13 Sep 2018 (aged 98)
Orangevale, Sacramento County, California, USA
Burial
Dixon, Solano County, California, USA Add to Map
Plot
Columbarium 2, Court I, Site 156-E
Memorial ID
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Russell Holly Phillips
TSgt. US Army - World War II
August 11, 1920 - September 13, 2018

When Russell H. Phillips was born on 11 August 1920, in Sacramento, California, United States, his father, Russell George Phillips, was 28, and his mother, Ethel Augusta Holly, was 27. He lived in Placer, California, United States, for about ten years.

Part of the Greatest Generation, he registered for military service in 1942 and served in the US Army in World War II.

When he was 98 years old, he died on 13 September 2018, in Orangevale, Sacramento County, California, and was honored with interment in the Sacramento Valley National Cemetery, Dixon, California.

NOTE: in 2022, also at 98 years old, his wife Ada, too, passed away and was laid to rest with him here. The marker is a shared stone, honoring a shared life.
Russell Holly Phillips
TSgt. US Army - World War II
August 11, 1920 - September 13, 2018

When Russell H. Phillips was born on 11 August 1920, in Sacramento, California, United States, his father, Russell George Phillips, was 28, and his mother, Ethel Augusta Holly, was 27. He lived in Placer, California, United States, for about ten years.

Part of the Greatest Generation, he registered for military service in 1942 and served in the US Army in World War II.

When he was 98 years old, he died on 13 September 2018, in Orangevale, Sacramento County, California, and was honored with interment in the Sacramento Valley National Cemetery, Dixon, California.

NOTE: in 2022, also at 98 years old, his wife Ada, too, passed away and was laid to rest with him here. The marker is a shared stone, honoring a shared life.

Inscription


PHILLIPS
TEC 5 USA
WW II
1920 - 2018
ADA A
1923 - 2022
BELOVED DAD
MOM GRANDPA
GRANDMA



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  • Created by: Kim S.
  • Added: Sep 17, 2018
  • Find a Grave Memorial ID:
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/193201636/russell_holly-phillips: accessed ), memorial page for TSgt. Russell Holly Phillips (11 Aug 1920–13 Sep 2018), Find a Grave Memorial ID 193201636, citing Sacramento Valley National Cemetery, Dixon, Solano County, California, USA; Maintained by Kim S. (contributor 47282214).