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World War II Honoree

World War II Veteran

Ernest Nelson Chennault

Branch of Service

U.S. Marine Corps

Hometown

Dallas, Texas

Honored By

Danny Jones

Branch Seal
Activity During WWII

Served as a 1st Lieutenant and as a Leader of a Combat Engineer Platoon of the Fifth Engineer Battalion, Fifth Marine Division, attached to Company H, Third Battalion, Twenty-sixth Marines, in action against enemy Japanese forces on Iwo Jima, Volcano Islands, during 1945. Awarded the silver star medal for gallantry in action.