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SEAMAN FIRST CLASS JULIUS ELLSBERRY WAR MEMORAL

SEAMAN FIRST CLASS JULIUS ELLSBERRY WAR MEMORAL
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Location: KELLY INGRAM PARK-520 16TH STREET NORTH

City: BIRMINGHAM

State: Alabama

Zip Code: 35203

Type of Memorial: Stone Carving Memorials

Access: Public

Wars Commemorated: WORLD WAR II

Photograph By: RICHARD E. MILLER

Submitted By: COURTESY OF HMdb.org

IN DEDICATION TO JULIUS ELLSBERRY, THE FIRST BLACK ALABAMA MAN TO DIE IN WORLD WAR II. BORN BIRMINGHAM, ALA 1922 ENLISTED IN THE U.S. NAVY 1940; ATTENDANT ABOARD BATTLESHIP OKLAHOMA IN THE ATTACK ON PEARL HARBOR, DID SACRIFICE HIS LIFE TO SAVE HIS SHIPMATES, DECEMBER 7, 1941.


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