Highest Honors Special Operations POW / MIA
United States of America
Headstone of Philip Franklin Sorrell
U.S. Army · United States United States

Philip Franklin Sorrell

Private
1923 – 1944
1 decoration 1 war 1 assignment

Private Philip Franklin Sorrell served in the U.S. Army. Philip served in World War II. Philip was 21 years old.

What Happened

Pvt Philip F. Sorrell was a crane man before he enlisted in Columbus, Ohio on 22 February 1943.

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  1. 134th Infantry Regiment
    Private
    134th Infantry Regiment, | 35th Infantry Division, | Medical Detachment

Branch

U.S. Army

Highest rank

Private

War

World War II

Honors · 1 decoration

Purple Heart
Awards & Decorations 1

For service and achievement

Purple Heart
Family
Daniel Sorrell - Father (named in the record)DSDanielFatherElsie E. (Cardwell) Sorrell - Mother (named in the record)ESElsieMotherMalinda A. Sorrell - Sister (named in the record)MSMalindaSisterWilburn S. Sorrell - Brother (named in the record)WSWilburnBrotherBeatrice L. Sorrell - Sister (named in the record)BSBeatriceSister

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Home Front
Daniel Sorrell
Father
Named in the record
Elsie E. (Cardwell) Sorrell
Mother
Named in the record
Malinda A. Sorrell
Sister
Named in the record
Wilburn S. Sorrell
Brother
Named in the record
Beatrice L. Sorrell
Sister
Named in the record
Burial Information
Cemetery Lorraine American Cemetery ↗
Section J
Grave 35
Row 27
  • The cemetery · the exact grave is not yet placed

Laid nearby · Section J

1,117 others are held in this section; the nearest 12 by row and grave.

Myron L WeissRow 27 · Grave 34Robert Earl PrahlRow 27 · Grave 36Cessna Elder MackintoshRow 27 · Grave 33Cypriano HerreraRow 27 · Grave 37James E ParkerRow 27 · Grave 32Joseph F SullivanRow 27 · Grave 38Frank Leslie StokesRow 27 · Grave 31Robert Louis CarltonRow 27 · Grave 39William Walter AbellRow 27 · Grave 30Otis W BryantRow 27 · Grave 29Ralph Joseph MontourRow 27 · Grave 28David H KatzRow 27 · Grave 27
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Philip Franklin Sorrell
Private
U.S. Army
134th Infantry Regiment
Purple Heart
134 Infantry Regiment - Distinctive Unit Insignia
35 Infantry Division - Shoulder Sleeve Insignia

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