Black, Philip James · Digital Collections

Name: Black, Philip James
Birth Date: July 30, 1925
Death Date: March 19, 1944
Description: Philip James Black. Private, U.S. Army Infantry 504th Parachute Infantry. 30 July 1925 - 19 March 1944. Enlisted, paratroops, August 1942. Trained, Fort Benning, Georgia, and Camp Mackall, North Carolina. Fought in North Africa, Sicily and Italy. Died of wounds received in battle at Carroceto, near Anzio. Educated in Hampden, Bangor and Brewer. His recreations were making model airplanes, swimming and skating. Good Conduct Medal. Purple Heart. 12132051
Creator: Bangor Public Library; Ranlett, L. Felix (Louis Felix), 1896-
Date: 1947
Subject: Commemorative works; Military casualties; Soldiers--Maine--Bangor; World War, 1939-1945--Casualties; World War, 1939-1945--Maine--Bangor
Is Part Of: Book of Honor: Bangor Remembers Her Sons Who Died for Victory, 1941-1945; Bangor Public Library Special Collections
Language: English
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