Chance Phelps

Military Person

1984 – 2004

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Who was Chance Phelps?

Chance Russell Phelps was a Private First Classposthumously promoted to Lance Corporal – in the United States Marine Corps who served with 2nd Platoon, Battery L, 3rd Battalion, 11th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force, during Operation Iraqi Freedom.

Phelps was killed in Iraq as the convoy he was escorting came under heavy fire. His story is the subject of an HBO movie, Taking Chance.

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Born
Jul 14, 1984
Riverton
Nationality
  • United States of America
Education
  • Palisade High School
Lived in
  • Wyoming
Died
Apr 9, 2004
Ramadi

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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