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Lieut Phillip Long French

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Birth	:	6 Jan 1923 Emporia, Lyon County, Kansas, USA
Death	:	Jul 1945 China
Burial	:	Maplewood Memorial Lawn Cemetery, Emporia, Lyon County, USA
Coordinate	:	38.4202995, -96.2055969
Plot	:	Section D - Lot 1 E 1/2 - Spaces 1 & 2
Inscription	:	LOST OVER CHINA IN SERVICE OF OUR COUNTRY
Description	:	1st Lt. Phillip L. French, 35th Photo Reconnaissance Squadron; reported missing on an administrative flight from Chanyi to Chihkiang, China. He is remembered on the Tablets of the Missing at Manila American Cemetery, Manila, Philippines. He was awarded the Air Medal. ********************************************* The Emporia Gazette, 22 Aug 1945, Wednesday LT. PHILLIP FRENCH MISSING IN FRENCH First Lt. Phillip French, son of Mr. and Mrs. W. E. French, 709 Walnut, has been missing over China since July 30, according from a telegram from the War department received Tuesday by his parents. Lt. French is a pilot of a P-38 with a photographic reconnaissance unit stationed in... Read More	1st Lt. Phillip L. French, 35th Photo Reconnaissance Squadron; reported missing on an administrative flight from Chanyi to Chihkiang, China. He is remembered on the Tablets of the Missing at Manila American Cemetery, Manila, Philippines. He was awarded the Air Medal. ********************************************* The Emporia Gazette, 22 Aug 1945, Wednesday LT. PHILLIP FRENCH MISSING IN FRENCH First Lt. Phillip French, son of Mr. and Mrs. W. E. French, 709 Walnut, has been missing over China since July 30, according from a telegram from the War department received Tuesday by his parents. Lt. French is a pilot of a P-38 with a photographic reconnaissance unit stationed in the CHI (?) theater. He had been overseas since October 1943. He received his basic training at Marana Army Air Field, Tucson, Ariz., and was commissioned a second lieutenant at Williams Field, Chandler, Ariz. Mr. and Mrs. French have two other sons in the service, T-Sgt. David French and Lt. (can't read letters) Robert French, who is aboard an aircraft carrier, both serving in the Pacific.

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Lieut Phillip Long French's memorial is located at: Maplewood Memorial Lawn Cemetery, Emporia, Lyon County, USA.
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Lieut Phillip Long French death on Jul 1945 in China
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Latitude: 38.4202995
Longitude: -96.2055969

Family Members:

Parent

Corp Walter Elmer French

(1875 - 1953)

Bessie May Souders French

(1883 - 1953)

Siblings

(1903 - 1980)

(1905 - 1997)

(1910 - 1948)

(1920 - 1970)

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