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, Kansas City (Jackson), MO