Rosine in Ohio County, Kentucky — The American South (East South Central)

PFC Wesley Phelps
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Medal of Honor Winner

PFC Wesley Phelps Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Duane and Tracy Marsteller, November 1, 2020

1. PFC Wesley Phelps Marker

Inscription.
PFC Wesley Phelps This Congressional Medal of Honor winner, born in Grayson County, June 12, 1923, is buried in Rosine Cemetery. Phelps served with Third Battalion, Seventh Marines, First Marine Division, during World War II. The honor was awarded Phelps posthumously for gallantry at the risk of his life that another might be spared serious injury on Paleliu Island, Japan.

Medal of Honor Winner Pfc. Phelps was in WW II action against enemy Japanese forces during a savage counterattack. He and another Marine were in an advanced position when a hand grenade landed in his foxhole. Phelps shouted a warning to his comrade and rolled over on deadly bomb, absorbing impact of explosion with his body. He courageously gave his life, Oct. 4, 1944.

Erected 2007 by Kentucky Historical Society and Kentucky Department of Highways. (Marker Number 1672.)

Topics and series. This memorial is listed in this topic list: War, World II. In addition, it is included in the Kentucky Historical Society, and the Medal of Honor Recipients series lists. A significant historical date for this entry is June 12, 1923.

Location. 37° 27.016′ N, 86° 44.396′ W.

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Memorial is in Rosine, Kentucky, in Ohio County. It is at the intersection of U.S. 62 and North McHenry Street, on the right when traveling east on U.S. 62. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 23 Bluff St, Rosine KY 42370, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in the Tri-State Region

and in the Western Coal Field.

It is also in the American Midwest,

in the South,

and specifically in the Upper South.

Globally, it is in North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the territory of the Mississippian Culture

and also the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 2 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Rosine Area Veterans Monument (a few steps from this marker); The Earp Family / Virgil Earp (1843-1904) (about 400 feet away, measured in a direct line); Rosine (about 700 feet away); William Smith Bill Monroe (approx. 0.2 miles away); Jerusalem Ridge (approx. 1½ miles away); Monroe Homeplace (approx. 1½ miles away); Home of Charlie and Betty Monroe

Medal of Honor Winner Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Duane and Tracy Marsteller, November 1, 2020

2. Medal of Honor Winner Marker

(approx. 1.8 miles away); Clarence Wilson Home (approx. 1.8 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Rosine.

Also see . . . Wesley Phelps (Wikipedia). (Submitted on November 3, 2020, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee.)

PFC Wesley Phelps / Medal of Honor Winner Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Duane and Tracy Marsteller, November 1, 2020

3. PFC Wesley Phelps / Medal of Honor Winner Marker

Credits. This page was last revised on November 3, 2020. It was originally submitted on November 3, 2020, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee. This page has been viewed 367 times since then and 18 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on November 3, 2020, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee. • Devry Becker Jones was the editor who published this page.

PFC Wesley Phelps⎯⎯⎯Medal of Honor Winner

PFC Wesley Phelps
⎯⎯⎯
Medal of Honor Winner