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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Memorial Type:
Stone Carving Memorials
Access:
Public
Wars Commemorated:
WORLD WAR II
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Photograph By:
RICHARD E. MILLER
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