Rank and Name, Machinist’s Mate First Class Everett Norman Ellis.

Unit/Placed in, USS Bismarck Sea (CVE-95) Carrier, United States Naval Reserve.

Everett is born approx. on Aug. 16, 1906 in Clay, Nebraska.

Father, Clen D. Ellis.

Mother, Mary E. Ellis.

Sister, Ida P. Ellis.

Everett enlisted the service in Nebraska with service number # 6482345.

Everett was KIA when the USS Bismarck Sea was Sunk by kamikazes, during the Battle of Iwo Jima on 21 February 1945, 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.

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

Courts of the missing.

Thanks to https://www.navsource.org/archives/03/095.htm 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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