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Oakwood interchange dedicated to fallen soldier Matthew Phillips
Army corporal, a West Hall graduate, was killed in 2008 in Afghan battle
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The family of fallen veteran Corporal Matthew Britten Phillips — wife Eve Lamb Phillips, father Michael Phillips and stepmother Ellen Phillips — stands with one of the three signs that mark the newly named “Corporal Matthew Britten Phillips Memorial Intersection.” The signs are located at the three approaches to the intersection of McEver and Mundy Mill Roads in Oakwood. - photo by Alexander Popp
The intersection of McEver and Mundy Mill roads was dedicated as the “Corporal Matthew Britten Phillips Memorial Intersection” on Saturday in memory of a soldier from Hall County who was killed serving in Afghanistan in 2008. After a short ceremony at West Hall High School led by state Rep. Emory Dunahoo, a procession of friends and family was led down McEver Road by an escort of local police officers and Patriot Guard Riders. The procession was met by members of the Hall and Gainesville fire departments, who saluted the fallen soldier by raising a giant American flag over the intersection.