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. |
- Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Date of birth: 30 October 1919
- Date of death: 29 August 1942
- County: Knox
- Hometown: Knoxville
- Service Branch: Army/Army Air Forces
- Division/Assignment: Field Artillery
- Conflict: World War II
- Burial/Memorial Location: Knoxville National Cemetery, Knoxville, TN
- Location In Memorial: Pillar VIII, Top Panel
- Sponsored by: Gayle Burnett
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