World War II Honoree

Hugh Harlan Ellis

Branch of Service

U.S. Navy

Hometown

Ellisburg, Kentucky

Honored By

Linda Toedt and Janice Fowee

Relationship

Daughters

Served in the U.S. Navy Armed Guard as a Gunner's Mate aboard armed merchant vessels (Liberty Ships). Served aboard the USS Wilmette (training ship), the SS Samuel Q. Brown (torpedoed and sunk on May 23, 1942 by German submarine U-103), the SS Abraham Baldwin, the SS Nathaniel Macon, the SS William Kent (participated in the D-Day invasion at Normandy), and the SS Benjamin F. Costin. Awarded the Combat Action Ribbon, the Navy Good Conduct Medal, the American Theater Ribbon, the Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, the European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal, and the WWII Victory Medal. Served from January, 1942 to October, 1945.