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Billy Brite Phelps

Billy Brite Phelps Billy Brite Phelps

 Purple Heart

Rank/Rate Torpedoman's Mate, First Class
Service Number 266 25 35
Birth Date October 5, 1923
From Elizabeth City, North Carolina
Decorations Purple Heart
Submarine USS Robalo (SS-273)
Loss Date July 26, 1944
Location Off the east coast of Balabac Island, PI
Circumstances Sunk by a mine
Remarks Billy was born in High Point, North Carolina.

Photo on right and information courtesy of Paul W. Wittmer.

 

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