World War II Honoree
World War II Veteran
Kenneth Buford Elliott
Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
Madison, Wisconsin
Honored By
Family
Proudly served his country in the U.S. Navy aboard the USS Yosemite. He participated in naval engagements of the Caroline Islands on Leyte, Philippine Islands, Marshall Islands, Okinawa, Iwo Jima and occupational duty in Sasebo area of Nagasaki, Japan. He spent 20 months overseas and was awarded the American theater, Asiatic-Pacific, and the Philippine liberation ribbons.