Husband: Erner Dale Phillips
Census name: Eliner D. Phillips
Born: May- 6-1931 in Center Point, Doddridge Co, WV 1,2
Died: Dec-30-1964 near Lake City, Columbia Co, FL 3,4,5,6,7
Buried: in Greenlawn Memorial Gardens, Chesapeake, VA 8
Cause of death: automobile accident 2,5
Resided: 1955 in Portsmouth, VA 9
Census: 1940 at Big Battle (Salem), Doddridge Co, WV 10
Military: Hospitalman 2, US Navy, Co E, 1st Med Bn, 1st Marine Div, Korea 11 (see note 1)
Father: Howard Phillips (1905 - 1962)
Mother: Mabel Coweta Currey (1907 - 1975)
Wife: Margie Ruth Chambers
Married: Feb- 3-1955 in Portsmouth, VA 9
Born: Feb-12-1933 in Daniels, Raleigh Co, WV 7,9
Died: Dec-20-2008 in Norfolk, VA 12,7
Resided: in Virginia Beach, VA 13
Resided: 1955 in Portsmouth, VA 9
Occupation: 1955 saleslady 9
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Sources: (1) West Virginia Births Index, 1853-1969 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. (2) Immediate family. (3) Military Grave Marker. (4) U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs BIRLS Death File, 1850-2010 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. (5) Newspaper article, Tampa (Fla.) Tribune, 1/1/1965. (6) Florida Death Index, 1877-1998 [database on-line], Ancestry.com and Florida Dept of Health, Office of Vital Records. (7) Social Security Death Index. (8) Findagrave.com. (9) Virginia Marriage Records, 1936-2014, Ancestry.com. (10) 1940 Census, Doddridge County, WV (McClellan District) (11) U.S. Marine Corps Muster Rolls, 1798-1958 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. (12) Virginia Death Records, 1912-2014 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. (13) Social Security Death Index, Social Security card issued in New York before 1951. Event Notes Note (1) A Navy Corpsman/Hospitalman, Erner Dale Phillips volunteered for duty with the U.S. Marine Corps during the Korean Conflict. Attached to the 1st Marine Division, he took part in the Battle of Chosin Reservoir, in which Chinese forces lured 30,000 UN troops into a trap and encircled them with 120,000 troops. The 17-day battle was fought in frigid conditions from 27 November to 13 December 1950. Wounded in action, Erner Phillips was awarded two Purple Hearts and the Bronze Star.