World War II Honoree
Killed in World War II
Alvin E. Ellingson
Branch of Service
U.S. Army
Hometown
Lemmon, South Dakota
Honored By
Ethel Lillehaug
Relationship
Niece
CALLED TO DUTY, DECEMBER 7, 1941 AND SENT TO THE PACIFIC THEATRE. SERVED WITH THE 184TH INFANTRY, COMPANY L. AT THE TIME OF HIS DEATH, HE WAS SERVING AS PLATOON SERGEANT LEADING THE ATTACK ON OKINAWA ISLAND. HE WAS POINTING OUT THE TARGET TO A MORTAR OBSERVER WHEN HE WAS HIT BY A SNIPER. DIED, MAY 23, 1945.