Rank and Name, Private First Class Claude Oliver Ellis Jr.

Unit/Placed in, (l-Comp)3rdBat.22ndMarines.

Claude is born approx. 1924 in Missouri.

Father, Claude Oliver Ellis.

Mother, Ora (Dunlap) Ellis.

Claude enlisted the service in Missouri with service number # 523262.

Claude died of his wounds sustained at the fights over the Liberation of Guam on July 25, 1944, he is honored with a Purple Heart, Combat Action Ribbon, Good Conduct Medal, Expeditionary Medal, Distinguished Unit Citation, American Campaign Medal, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, WW II Victory Medal.

Claude is buried/mentioned at Honolulu Memorial, Honolulu County, Hawaii U.S.A.

Courts of the missing.

Thanks to Jean Louis Vijgen, ABMC, https://abmc.gov

P.O.W. info, Wes Injerd and Dwight Rider, http://www.mansell.com/pow-index.html  Air-Force, Rolland Swank NavyLog, http://navylog.navymemorial.org Familysearch.com, https://www.familysearch.org

Philippine Scouts Heritage Society,http://www.philippine-scouts.org/

Marines Info Geoffrey Roecker, https://missingmarines.com/   

Medals Info, http://www.honorstates.org    

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