Born: 13 December 1918, Jacksonville, Florida.

Ebbetts had completed one year of high school, lived in Miami and
worked as a clerk earning $17 per week at the time he enlisted in
Company B, 124th Infantry Regiment 14 October 1940. He was
inducted into federal service as a Private 25 November 1940.
Later, he accepted a commission and was assigned to the 19TH
INFANTRY REGIMENT, 24TH INFANTRY DIVISION. He was a 2nd
Lieutenant at the time of his death.

KILLED IN ACTION; 11 May 1945, Philippine Islands.

19th Infantry Regiment 24th Infantry Division


(The 24th Division was operating on Mindanao, Philippine Islands,
during the spring and summer of 1945. Entering from the city of
Davao, the division had been used in assaulting enemy positions
along the Talomo River. On the 11th, the 19th Infantry, with wir
and artillery support, launched an unsuccessful, and costly,
assault against Japanese positions on Hill 550 where Ebbetts was
killed).





ELLIOTT, John C.


COMPANY C, 124TH INFANTRY
(Palm Beach County)

Born: 19 November 1917 Cales, Alabama.

El iott had completed one year of high school, lived in West Palm
Beach and worked as a truck driver when he first enlisted in
Company C, 124th Infantry Regiment 15 June 1938. He was inducted
into federal service 25 November 1940. Later, he was assigned to
the 360TH BOMB SQUADRON, 303RD BOMB GROUP. He was a Staff
Sergeant at the time of his death.

His next of kin included S.F. Elliott, father, of West Palm
Beach.

KILLED IN ACTION; 21 January 1945, Freudenstadt, Germany.

360th Bomb Squadron 303rd Bomb Group


(The 303rd, flying B-17 heavy bombers, had been in action against
the Germans s:nce late 1942. During December 1944 and January
1945, the group was exclusively used to bomb German rail centers,
military assembly areas and other tactical and strategic targets
associated with the Battle of the Bulge. On the 21st of January,
his group, and others, hit Transportation centers and targets of
opportunity in and around Mannheim, Ashaffen and Reutlingen,
Germany).