Individual 398: Robert Adam Phelps

Individual Record 398

Name} Phelps, Robert Adam

Family History} Hancock

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Race} White

Sex} Male

Birth: Date} Exa 31 Jul 1925

Place} , Butte, California

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Death: Date} Exa 19 Feb 1945

Place} Iwo Jima, Volcano Islands, Japan

Burial: Date} Exa 9 Apr 1948

Place} Golden Gate National Cem., San Bruno, San Mateo, Calif.

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Source 1}	85 = Family hstry
Source 2}	139 = Family hstry
Source 3}	924 = Birth record
Source 4}	923 = 1930 USA cen
Source 5}	925 = Cemetery rec
Source 6}	438 = Obituary
Source 7}	927 = Military rec
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Parents: } Gerald Milan Phelps & Alice Florence Hancock
Relationship No.} 49

1st Household No.} 208 = 6833 Trenor St., Oakland, California

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Notes: Robert was a PFC in the 28th Regiment of the 5th Marine Division. He was killed in action on the first day of the invasion of Iwo Jima on 19 Feb 1945. The 28th Marine's sector of that island was the southern tip of Iwo Jima on which was Mount Suribachi.

His body was among the 3,257 war dead returned to the Oakland Army Base aboard the Liberty ship U.S.A.T. Walter W. Schwenk. He is buried at Section D Site 220 in the Golden Gate National Cemetery.

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Immigr'n Date} N/A

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Education: Grade} or Top 2 Degrees}

Military: Service} Marines for the State of} United States

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Cause of Death} Killed in action

Last Updated
by} Dan Hancock

Date Updated} 10 Oct 2006
Date Created} 4 Jan 1997

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