Phelan, Sgt. Ray (Died 1945)

PHELAN

Posted By: Linda Ziemann, Volunteer (email)
Date: 3/18/2010 at 19:45:44

LeMars Semi-Weekly Sentinel
March 16, 1945

SGT. RAY PHELAN DEAD IN GERMANY
Killed In Action February 10

Mr. and Mrs. Wyatt Phelan of Union township were notified last week that their son, T/Sgt. Ray Phelan, had been killed in action in Germany, February 10.

He was inducted into the Army in 1942 and early in 1943 went overseas. He was an ordinance expert connected with General Patton’s Army.

He is survived by his parents, and six brothers and sisters: Emmett Phelan, Remsen; Leland Phelan, at home; Raymond Phelan, Brunsville; Mrs. John Marienau (Marie), Brunsville; Mrs. Dick Osterbuhr (Helen), living with her parents while her husband is overseas; and Mrs. Henry Marienau (Evelyn), Brunsville.
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LeMars Globe-Post
March 19, 1945

HOPE TO BRING BODY OF ROY PHELAN HOME

No arrangements for memorial services for T. Sgt. Roy Phelan, killed in action in Europe, have been made, pending the government’s reply to a request by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Wyatt Phelan, that the body be returned to this country for burial. Encouragement for the hopes of the parents is contained in a statement of the War Department a few days ago, that “no American dead will be buried in German soil.” T. Sgt. Phelan was killed in Germany.

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