Roanoke County: Naviaux, Phillip Louis

personal-war-service-record-of-virginia-s-war-dead

virginia-world-war-ii-history-commission

part-i-personal-data

first-name: Phillip

middle-name: Louis

last-name: Naviaux

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home-address: 112 Forest Hill Road - Williamson Road Roanoke, Virginia

county: Roanoke

birthplace: Lexington, Nebraska

date-of-birth: 1914-02-02

race: White

sex: Male

height-ft: 5

height-ins: 10.5

weight-lbs: 167

marital-status: Married

wife-maiden-name-or-husband

first-name: Evelyn

middle-name: Louise

last-name: Naviaux

suffix:

place-of-marriage: Lexington, Nebraska

date-of-marriage: 1943-01-11

children-1: Jean Ellen Naviaux

date-of-birth-1: 1944-05-13

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education

elementary-years: Eight

high-school-years: Four

college-years: Threeand 1/2

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degrees:

occupation: Civil Service- U.S. Treasury

religious-affiliation: Catholic

citizen-of-what-nation: America

father-s-name

first-name: Albert

middle-name: Rene

last-name: Naviaux

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mother-s-maiden-name

first-name: Martha

middle-name:

last-name: Christ

part-ii-military-record

means-of-entry: Enlisted

date-of-entry: 1940-12-23

place-of-entry: Camp Robinson, Arkansas First stationed

rank-at-entry: Pvt.

first-served: Quartermaster as an office worker

branch-of-service: Army

service-number: 20739403

previous-military-education-training-and-service: R.O.T.C. University of Nebraska for three and one-half years

trained-or-stationed-within-the-united-states

camp-station-base-school-etc-place-from-date-to-date: Camp Robinson, Arkansas, Dec. 23,1940 to Oct. 18,1941 Ft. Des Moines, Iowa, Mar. 1,1942 to Mar. 10,1942 Los Angeles, Calif- Unknown Officers Candidate School- Ft. Benning, Ga May, 1942 to Aug, 1942 Ft. Meyer, Virginia Sept 1942 to Apr 1943 A.P. Hill Reproving grounds Apr 1943 to May 1943 Ft. Benning, Ga. May 1943 to Feb 1944 Ft George G. Meade, Md Feb 1944 to March 1944 Then to England, March, France , Belgium, Germany

promoted

from-rank-to-rank-date-to-date: Private Private First Class March, 1941 Private First Class Staff Sergeant May, 1942 Staff Sergeant Second Lieutenant August, 1942 Second Lieutenant First Lieutenant September, 1943

information-about-overseas-service: Arrived in England April, 1944 and to France on June12,1944 to serve as a replacement officerin the Cannon Co. 26th Infantry Regiment of the First Division. His job was the go forward with the attacking infantry, as forward observed, and call down on adjust enemy movements and positions he observed, Thus he was with the 1st Division through all the decisive fighting of the breakthrough in France, the advance to the German frontier, the reduction of Aachen, the breaching death. He was buried at Henri-Chapelle in the U.S. Military Cemetery, in Belgium.

citations-decorations-service-medals-etc: Combat Infantry Badge - Bronze Star for battle of Aachen, Germany - Oak Leaf Cluster for ricking his life to direct artillery fire at the enemy at Schl Laufenburg, Germany.

Have information from hie company overseas that he had also been recommended for a Silver Star( he wrote this too before his death) and possibly a cluster to that too. These will come through in time. Shall I let you Know? Had been given a citation by Gen. McNair

circumstances-of-death: Killed in Action

area-of-place-of-death: Boisch, Germany

date-of-death: 1945-02-26

any-other-details-known: Had just set up his observation post, as forward observer, when enemy artillery fire came down upon the building. Was killed when shrapnel entered the lung and lower back. He already directed the fire of his guns. Lived for three hours.

photograph: No

next-of-kin

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first-name: Evelyn

middle-name: Louise

last-name: Naviaux

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address: 112 Forest Hill-Williamson Rds.Roanoke, Va.

relationship: Widow

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first-name: Evelyn

middle-name: Louise

last-name: Naviaux

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address: 112 Forest Hill-Wm. Rds. Roanoke, Virginia

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first-name: Same as above two.

middle-name: Widow

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