World War II Honoree
Killed in World War II
Julius Ellsberry
Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
Birmingham, Alabama
Honored By
Louise Ellsberry Whited
Relationship
Sister
ENTERED THE UNITED STATES NAVY ON OCTOBER 13, 1939, AND WAS SERVING ON THE BATTLESHIP USS OKLAHOMA WHEN IT WAS ATTACKED BY THE JAPANESE AT PEARL HARBOR ON DECEMBER 7, 1941. HE WAS THE FIRST PERSON FROM JEFFERSON COUNTY, ALABAMA AND THE FIRST AFRICAN AMERICAN FROM THE STATE OF ALABAMA TO BE KILLED IN WWII.