Lambreth Ashley Phifer
Field Artillery
Lieutenant Lambreth Ashley Phifer was the son of Mrs. Zula Phifer of 2023 Forest Avenue. Lambreth was a member of Forest Avenue Christian Church and was an officer in the ROTC at Knoxville High School when he graduated in 1938. He was a student at the University of Tennessee for two years and entered the Army through the National Guard; receiving his commission at Fort Sill, Oklahoma. Lt. Phifer was killed when his jeep he was driving overturned in Little Rock, Arkansas. |