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AS Woodrow Elaman

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AS Woodrow Elaman

Birth
Russellville, Logan County, Kentucky, USA
Death
3 May 1944 (aged 21)
At Sea
Burial
Neuville-en-Condroz, Arrondissement de Liège, Liège, Belgium Add to Map
Plot
Plot C, Row 2, Grave 56.
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Seaman Apprentice, USS Menges (DE-320), US Coast Guard. Son of Roy L. Elaman and Winnie Ann Carter Elaman; husband of Pauline Elaman. Home of record: Greenbrier, TN. Entered the service from Kentucky. Killed in action when the destroyer escort USS Menges was attacked by a German submarine while serving on convoy duty off the coast of North Africa. Though the aft third of the ship was destroyed, killing 31 men and wounding 25, heroic action by the crew kept her from sinking.
Seaman Apprentice, USS Menges (DE-320), US Coast Guard. Son of Roy L. Elaman and Winnie Ann Carter Elaman; husband of Pauline Elaman. Home of record: Greenbrier, TN. Entered the service from Kentucky. Killed in action when the destroyer escort USS Menges was attacked by a German submarine while serving on convoy duty off the coast of North Africa. Though the aft third of the ship was destroyed, killing 31 men and wounding 25, heroic action by the crew kept her from sinking.

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  • Maintained by: Doc Wilson
  • Originally Created by: War Graves
  • Added: Aug 7, 2010
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/56358029/woodrow-elaman: accessed ), memorial page for AS Woodrow Elaman (9 Nov 1922–3 May 1944), Find a Grave Memorial ID 56358029, citing Ardennes American Cemetery and Memorial, Neuville-en-Condroz, Arrondissement de Liège, Liège, Belgium; Maintained by Doc Wilson (contributor 47464039).