Brief Life History of Reese Edward
When Reese Edward Phillips was born on 5 May 1916, in Zion Grove, North Union Township, Schuylkill, Pennsylvania, United States, his father, Theophilus Phillips, was 45 and his mother, Mary Ann Harriet Bacon, was 33. He married Kumiko Sato on 23 December 1953. He lived in Newark Township, Essex, New Jersey, United States in 1940 and Milford, Sussex, Delaware, United States in 2001. He registered for military service in 1945. He died on 4 April 2005, in Sussex, Delaware, United States, at the age of 88, and was buried in Columbia, Pennsylvania, United States.
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- Reese Phillips in household of Mary Phillips, "United States Census, 1940"
- Reese E Phillips, "United States World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946"
- Reese E Phillips, "United States Social Security Death Index"
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World Events (8)
1917
U.S. intervenes in World War I, rejects membership of League of Nations.
1917 · WWI and Delaware
During 1917 and 1918, Delaware sent around ten thousand soldiers to fight in WWI. The mortality rate of those ten thousand was minimal, with only forty-seven deaths.
1940
New Jersey contributed extensively to help the United States during World War II. Over 9% of all allied war-based construction contracts were handled in New Jersey, including aircraft carriers, battleships, destroyers, and other naval ships. In addition, almost 500,000 New Jersey residents enlisted in the war (roughly 10% of the state's population).
Name Meaning
English, Dutch, North German, and Jewish (western Ashkenazic): patronymic from the personal name Philip . In North America, this surname has also absorbed cognates from other languages (see Philips ).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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