Born: About 1920
Killed in Action (MIA): December 12, 1943 while serving in the Southwest Pacific.

U.S. Navy
Rank: Chief Fire Controlman

Chief Phelps enlisted in the Navy in 1938. He had previously served on the heavy cruiser USS Quincy and a destroyer.

At the time of his death, Chief Phelps was survived by his parents, Dr. & Mrs. B. T. Phelps, two sisters, Gladys and Betty, and three brothers Edward, Brown and Charles.

Chief Phelps’ name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial, Honolulu, Hawaii