World War II Honoree

Claude Clayton Ellington

Branch of Service

U.S. Coast Guard

Hometown

Payne County, Oklahoma

Honored By

Robert S. Cox

ENLISTED IN MILITARY SERVICE IN 1942. TRAINED IN THE AMERICAN THEATER AT THE COAST GUARD TRAINING STATION AT NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA. SERVED OVERSEAS IN THE ASIATIC-PACIFIC THEATER DURING THE WAR, INCLUDING IN THE SOUTH PACIFIC AREA, AND THE SOUTHWEST PACIFIC AREA IN THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS. AWARDED THE GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL, AMERICAN CAMPAIGN MEDAL, ASIATIC-PACIFIC CAMPAIGN MEDAL, AND WWII VICTORY MEDAL. ALSO AWARDED THE PHILIPPINE LIBERATION MEDAL FOR SERVICE IN THE LIBERATION OF THE PHILIPPINES. HONORABLY DISCHARGED, AFTER SOME 4 YEARS OF SERVICE, IN DECEMBER, 1945, WITH THE RATING OF MOTOR MACHINIST'S MATE SECOND CLASS AND ISSUED THE WWII HONORABLE DISCHARGE LAPEL PIN.