Rosine in Ohio County, Kentucky — The American South (East South Central)
PFC Wesley Phelps / Medal of Honor Winner
Photographed By Duane and Tracy Marsteller, November 1, 2020
1. PFC Wesley Phelps Marker
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PFC Wesley Phelps, also, Medal of Honor Winner. .
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 world war two 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.
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.)
Location. 37° 27.016′ N, 86° 44.396′ W. Marker is in Rosine, Kentucky, in Ohio County. Memorial is
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at the intersection of U.S. 62 and North McHenry Street, on the right when traveling east on U.S. 62. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 23 Bluff St, Rosine KY 42370, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Also see . . . Wesley Phelps (Wikipedia). (Submitted on November 3, 2020, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee.)
Photographed By Duane and Tracy Marsteller, November 1, 2020
2. Medal of Honor Winner Marker
Photographed By Duane and Tracy Marsteller, November 1, 2020
3. PFC Wesley Phelps / Medal of Honor Winner Marker
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