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Elijah Clinton Hensley

Elijah Clinton Hensley

 Purple Heart

Rank/Rate Radioman, Third Class
Service Number 382 84 54
Birth Date May 7, 1924
From Long Beach, California
Decorations Purple Heart
Submarine USS Gudgeon (SS-211)
Loss Date April 18, 1944
Location Off Iwo Jima
Circumstances Probably sunk by air attack
Remarks Elijah was born in St. Albans, West Virginia.

Photo and information courtesy of Paul W. Wittmer.

 

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