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Sgt. Elvin Lee Phillips, killed in WW2, finally laid to rest

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(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) Sgt. Elvin Lee Phillips is laid to rest at Utah Veteran’s Cemetery and Memorial Park in Bluffdale on Tuesday, Oct. 11, 2022, almost 80 years after he was killed in action during World War II.
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(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) Sgt. Elvin Lee Phillips is laid to rest at Utah Veteran’s Cemetery and Memorial Park in Bluffdale on Tuesday, Oct. 11, 2022, almost 80 years after he was killed in action during World War II.
(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) Sgt. Elvin Lee Phillips is laid to rest at Utah Veteran’s Cemetery and Memorial Park in Bluffdale on Tuesday, Oct. 11, 2022, almost 80 years after he was killed in action during World War II.
(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) Sgt. Elvin Lee Phillips is laid to rest at Utah Veteran’s Cemetery and Memorial Park in Bluffdale on Tuesday, Oct. 11, 2022, almost 80 years after he was killed in action during World War II. From left are family members Frank Moe, Kristie Moe, Kayce Phillips, and Joe Phillips.
(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) Sgt. Elvin Lee Phillips is laid to rest at Utah Veteran’s Cemetery and Memorial Park in Bluffdale on Tuesday, Oct. 11, 2022, almost 80 years after he was killed in action during World War II.
(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) Sgt. Elvin Lee Phillips is laid to rest at Utah Veteran’s Cemetery and Memorial Park in Bluffdale on Tuesday, Oct. 11, 2022, almost 80 years after he was killed in action during World War II.
(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) Gary Harter, executive director of Utah’s Department of Veterans and Military Affairs. Sgt. Elvin Lee Phillips is laid to rest at Utah Veteran’s Cemetery and Memorial Park in Bluffdale on Tuesday, Oct. 11, 2022, almost 80 years after he was killed in action during World War II.
(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) Laura Czinski embraces her father, Frank Moe, after Moe's uncle Sgt. Elvin Lee Phillips is laid to rest at Utah Veteran’s Cemetery and Memorial Park in Bluffdale on Tuesday, Oct. 11, 2022, almost 80 years after he was killed in action during World War II.
(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) Sgt. Elvin Lee Phillips is laid to rest at Utah Veteran’s Cemetery and Memorial Park in Bluffdale on Tuesday, Oct. 11, 2022, almost 80 years after he was killed in action during World War II.