SEAMAN FIRST CLASS JULIUS ELLSBERRY WAR MEMORAL
IN DEDICATION TO JULIUS ELLSBERRY, THE FIRST BLACK ALABAMA MAN TO DIE IN WORLD WAR II. BORN BIRMINGHAM, ALA 1922 ENLISTED IN THE U.S. NAVY 1940; ATTENDANT ABOARD BATTLESHIP OKLAHOMA IN THE ATTACK ON PEARL HARBOR, DID SACRIFICE HIS LIFE TO SAVE HIS SHIPMATES, DECEMBER 7, 1941.
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Listing Details
- Public
- WORLD WAR II
- Stone Carving Memorials
- KELLY INGRAM PARK-520 16TH STREET NORTH
- 35203
- RICHARD E. MILLER
- COURTESY OF HMdb.org
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