Full name: Calvin Lewis Ellis

Born: Lewistown, Pennsylvania 29-07-1917

Death: 25-11-1944 in Weisweiler/Langerwehe/HürtgenWald in Germany

Rank: Technical Sergeant

-1st Infantry Division

-2nd Battalion,

-16th Infantry Regiment,

- E-Company

-North African Campaign

-Landings on Sicily

-Italy

-D-day,first wave Omaha Beach,June 6th '44

-Germany: Battle of the Hürtgenwald

Recipient of the:

Distinguished Service Cross,

Silver Star 3x

Bronze Star, 1x

Purple Heart 4x

Calvin L. Ellis

HOME OF RECORD:

Lewistown, Pennsylvania

AWARDED FOR ACTIONS

DURING World War II

Service: Army

Battalion: 2d Battalion

Division: 1st Infantry Division

GENERAL ORDERS:

Headquarters, First U.S. Army, General Orders No. 81 (1944)

CITATION:

The President of the United States of America, authorized by Act of Congress July 9, 1918, takes pleasure in presenting the Distinguished Service Cross to Technical Sergeant Calvin L. Ellis (ASN: 6892887), United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in connection with military operations against an armed enemy while serving with Company E, 2d Battalion, 16th Infantry Regiment, 1st Infantry Division, in action against enemy forces on 6 June 1944, in France. Voluntarily assuming command after his platoon leader had been seriously wounded on D-Day, Technical Sergeant Ellis, while under heavy fire, waded far out into the fire-swept surf on numerous occasions to rescue wounded comrades. Although Technical Sergeant Ellis was himself severely wounded, he courageously led his men across the beach and through a barbed wire fence to join a section of his company which had made an initial break-through. Reaching the company's right flank, his section was pinned down by well-aimed sniper fire from concealed positions. Undaunted and with an indomitable fighting spirit, Technical Sergeant Ellis personally assaulted and killed three dug-in Germans and repeatedly led his section in successfully attacking groups of infiltrating enemy. By his outstanding leadership and heroic effort, Technical Sergeant Ellis acted in keeping with the highest traditions of the Armed Forces.

Silver Star

AWARDED FOR ACTIONS

DURING World War II

Service: Army

RANK: Technical Sergeant

GENERAL ORDERS:

Headquarters, 1st Infantry Division, General Orders No. 23 (May 27, 1944)

CITATION:

The President of the United States of America, authorized by Act of Congress, July 9, 1918, takes pleasure in presenting the Silver Star to Technical Sergeant Calvin L. Ellis (ASN: 6892887), United States Army, for gallantry in action while serving with Company E, 2d Battalion, 16th Infantry Regiment, 1st Infantry Division, in action against the enemy in the vicinity of Matour, Tunisia, on 28 April 1943. When besieging enemy forces threatened his battalion's security, Technical Sergeant (the Staff Sergeant) Ellis, disregarding intense artillery, mortar, and machine-gun fire, boldly led his platoon into an extremely exposed position and covered the battalion's flank. His fearlessness, gallantry, and unhesitating action enabled his unit to launch a successful attack.