| February 3, 1930 |
Lee Hugh Phillips born, Stockbridge, Georgia
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Corporal Lee Hugh Phillips
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| January 17, 1948 |
Lee Hugh Phillips enlists in the Marine Corps Reserve
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Corporal Lee Hugh Phillips
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| July 19, 1948 |
Lee Hugh Phillips joins the Marine Corps
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Corporal Lee Hugh Phillips
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| November 4, 1950 |
During the Communist Chinese Forces offensive in North Korea, Corporal Lee Hugh Phillips leads his squad in an attack against fortified position held by a numerically superior force. He takes his objective. After the enemy regroups, they counterattack. With a total of 5 men Phillips boldly decides to attack the superior force, making the Chinese soldiers think the Americans had fortified the position. The enemy withdraws. For his actions on this day Corporal Phillips will receive the Medal of Honor.
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Corporal Lee Hugh Phillips
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| November 27, 1950 |
Corporal Lee Hugh Phillips is killed in fighting at Yudam-ni, during the Chosin Reservoir campaign. He is buried at the site.
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| March 29, 1954 |
Secretary of the Navy Robert B. Anderson presents the Medal of Honor for Corporal Lee Hugh Phillips to his mother, Izora Cantrell. Phillips body is reinterred at the Marietta National Cemetery in Marietta, Georgia.
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Marietta, GA |
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Corporal Lee Hugh Phillips
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