World War II Honoree

Ellis H. Cobb

Branch of Service

U.S. Army

Hometown

Danville, Virginia

Honored By

Tina Cobb

Relationship

Daughter

ELLIS COBB WAS SENT TO ORAN, ALGERIA ON APRIL 9, 1941 TO HELP FORTIFY THE ALLIED AIRFIELD IN THE AFRICAN CAMPAIGN AGAINST THE GERMANS. HE LATER HELPED SET UP ANTI-AIRCRAFT FORTIFICATIONS. IN THE SPRING OF 1944 HE WAS SENT TO ITALY AND JOINED THE US ARMY 2ND BATTALION INFANTRY. WHEN ALL HIGH-CALIBER GUNNERS WERE TRANSFERRED INTO INFANTRY DIVISIONS, ELLIS SPENT THE REST OF WWII ON THE FRONT LINES IN THE MOUNTAINS OF ITALY FIGHTING FROM ROME TO GENOA. ELLIS RECEIVED THE BRONZE STAR FOR BRAVERY, FOR HIS EFFORTS IN FIGHTING IN THE MOUNTAINS OUTSIDE OF ROME. COBB SERVED IN THE US ARMY FROM MARCH 1941 TO SEPTEMBER 1945; HE WAS HONORABLY DISCHARGED WITH THE RANK OF CORPORAL.