During Memorial Day weekend of 2007, the US Army Corps of Engineer's Topographic
Engineering Center (TEC), part of the Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC), was
asked by the US Marine Corps to supply period and modern maps, imagery and current geological data about the island of Guadalcanal in the Solomons. The data are to support the expedition team of Doug Drumheller, John Innes and Tom McLeod, who will search for the bodies of the missing Goettge Reconnaissance Patrol. They will also search for the remains of twenty year-old Pvt. Robert J. Budd and eighteen year old Pvt. Thomas W. Phillips, two marines who were both killed in action on Guadalcanal on August 27, 1942.
As stated in their preliminary report, "The purpose of the 2007 Guadalcanal Expedition was to survey two potential MIA August 1942 recovery areas. The main project area involves a search for the remains of the massacred Goettge Patrol. The second project is to locate the Budd/Phillips MIA remains located west of Honiara. Successful surveys were made of both areas."
On September 10, 2013, Jennifer Morrison, an independent volunteer forensic genealogist, found the family of PVT Phillips and put them in contact with the Marine Corps POW/MIA Section. This (re)established lines of communication with Thomas' family regarding the ongoing recovery and repatriation efforts, and offered his niece the opportunity to provide a Family Reference DNA Sample, should it be necessary for his identification.
Marine Corps Private Thomas Walter Phillips is memorialized among the Manila American Cemetery and Memorial, in the Philippines. His name is permanently inscribed within the "Walls of the Missing".
SOURCE
Marine Corps POW/MIA Section
American Battle Monuments Commission
Jennifer Morrison, independent volunteer forensic genealogist
"The Geology of Guadalcanal: a Selected Bibliography of the Geology, Natural History, and the History of Guadalcanal." ~ By R. Lee Hadden
Engineering Center (TEC), part of the Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC), was
asked by the US Marine Corps to supply period and modern maps, imagery and current geological data about the island of Guadalcanal in the Solomons. The data are to support the expedition team of Doug Drumheller, John Innes and Tom McLeod, who will search for the bodies of the missing Goettge Reconnaissance Patrol. They will also search for the remains of twenty year-old Pvt. Robert J. Budd and eighteen year old Pvt. Thomas W. Phillips, two marines who were both killed in action on Guadalcanal on August 27, 1942.
As stated in their preliminary report, "The purpose of the 2007 Guadalcanal Expedition was to survey two potential MIA August 1942 recovery areas. The main project area involves a search for the remains of the massacred Goettge Patrol. The second project is to locate the Budd/Phillips MIA remains located west of Honiara. Successful surveys were made of both areas."
On September 10, 2013, Jennifer Morrison, an independent volunteer forensic genealogist, found the family of PVT Phillips and put them in contact with the Marine Corps POW/MIA Section. This (re)established lines of communication with Thomas' family regarding the ongoing recovery and repatriation efforts, and offered his niece the opportunity to provide a Family Reference DNA Sample, should it be necessary for his identification.
Marine Corps Private Thomas Walter Phillips is memorialized among the Manila American Cemetery and Memorial, in the Philippines. His name is permanently inscribed within the "Walls of the Missing".
SOURCE
Marine Corps POW/MIA Section
American Battle Monuments Commission
Jennifer Morrison, independent volunteer forensic genealogist
"The Geology of Guadalcanal: a Selected Bibliography of the Geology, Natural History, and the History of Guadalcanal." ~ By R. Lee Hadden
During Memorial Day weekend of 2007, the US Army Corps of Engineer's Topographic
Engineering Center (TEC), part of the Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC), was
asked by the US Marine Corps to supply period and modern maps, imagery and current geological data about the island of Guadalcanal in the Solomons. The data are to support the expedition team of Doug Drumheller, John Innes and Tom McLeod, who will search for the bodies of the missing Goettge Reconnaissance Patrol. They will also search for the remains of twenty year-old Pvt. Robert J. Budd and eighteen year old Pvt. Thomas W. Phillips, two marines who were both killed in action on Guadalcanal on August 27, 1942.
As stated in their preliminary report, "The purpose of the 2007 Guadalcanal Expedition was to survey two potential MIA August 1942 recovery areas. The main project area involves a search for the remains of the massacred Goettge Patrol. The second project is to locate the Budd/Phillips MIA remains located west of Honiara. Successful surveys were made of both areas."
On September 10, 2013, Jennifer Morrison, an independent volunteer forensic genealogist, found the family of PVT Phillips and put them in contact with the Marine Corps POW/MIA Section. This (re)established lines of communication with Thomas' family regarding the ongoing recovery and repatriation efforts, and offered his niece the opportunity to provide a Family Reference DNA Sample, should it be necessary for his identification.
Marine Corps Private Thomas Walter Phillips is memorialized among the Manila American Cemetery and Memorial, in the Philippines. His name is permanently inscribed within the "Walls of the Missing".
SOURCE
Marine Corps POW/MIA Section
American Battle Monuments Commission
Jennifer Morrison, independent volunteer forensic genealogist
"The Geology of Guadalcanal: a Selected Bibliography of the Geology, Natural History, and the History of Guadalcanal." ~ By R. Lee Hadden
Engineering Center (TEC), part of the Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC), was
asked by the US Marine Corps to supply period and modern maps, imagery and current geological data about the island of Guadalcanal in the Solomons. The data are to support the expedition team of Doug Drumheller, John Innes and Tom McLeod, who will search for the bodies of the missing Goettge Reconnaissance Patrol. They will also search for the remains of twenty year-old Pvt. Robert J. Budd and eighteen year old Pvt. Thomas W. Phillips, two marines who were both killed in action on Guadalcanal on August 27, 1942.
As stated in their preliminary report, "The purpose of the 2007 Guadalcanal Expedition was to survey two potential MIA August 1942 recovery areas. The main project area involves a search for the remains of the massacred Goettge Patrol. The second project is to locate the Budd/Phillips MIA remains located west of Honiara. Successful surveys were made of both areas."
On September 10, 2013, Jennifer Morrison, an independent volunteer forensic genealogist, found the family of PVT Phillips and put them in contact with the Marine Corps POW/MIA Section. This (re)established lines of communication with Thomas' family regarding the ongoing recovery and repatriation efforts, and offered his niece the opportunity to provide a Family Reference DNA Sample, should it be necessary for his identification.
Marine Corps Private Thomas Walter Phillips is memorialized among the Manila American Cemetery and Memorial, in the Philippines. His name is permanently inscribed within the "Walls of the Missing".
SOURCE
Marine Corps POW/MIA Section
American Battle Monuments Commission
Jennifer Morrison, independent volunteer forensic genealogist
"The Geology of Guadalcanal: a Selected Bibliography of the Geology, Natural History, and the History of Guadalcanal." ~ By R. Lee Hadden
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