World War II Honoree
World War II Veteran
Ellwood G. Ekdahl
Branch of Service
U.S. Army
Hometown
KeKalb, Illinois
Honored By
A Grateful American
He served as a Private in WWII with the 100th Infantry Division (Century Division), 397th Infantry Regiment, Second Battalion, Company G, in the European Theater of Operations. Killed in Action on November 8, 1944, he was awarded the Purple Heart.