Elmer M. Ebaugh

Date of Birth:  1920

 

Place of Birth:  Stockdale, Kansas

 

Father and Mother’s Names:  Walter and Eva Ebaugh

 

Date Entered Service:  1940

 

Service Branch:   Navy

 

Service Number:  3422281

 

Rank:  Seaman Second Class

 

Division/Company/Unit info:  Crew member of the U.S.S. Houston.

 

Riley Connection:  The Ebaugh family was from Stockdale, Kansas.

 

Date of Death (and Age):  February 28. 1942 (age 22)

 

Place of Death:  Java Sea

 

Grave Location:  His body was not recovered. Commemorative marker in Sunset Cemetery, Manhattan, Kansas.

 

Bio:  Elmer and his brother Forest served aboard the U.S.S. Houston. The Houston was attacked by the Japanese and sunk on Feb. 28, 1942. Elmer’s body was never found, and Forest survived the attack and was captured by the Japanese. He was a POW in a Japanese camp in Burma for nearly 18 mos. Forest’s POW records say he died of epilepsy, which likely means he had contracted malaria.

 

 

 

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