Headstone inscription and interment record and resulting grave marker for Sgt James H. Ellifrit at
Plot E Row 8 Grave 21
in
the Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial in Colleville-sur-Mer, France
Sgt. Ellifrit was killed in action on June 7, 1944 and was awarded the Purple Heart.
Before he left England for the Normandy invasion Sgt
Ellifrit wrote a poignant, and
prophetic poem
His
family has placed a stone in his memory in the Mount Moriah Cemetery,
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