PARAMARINES Maddox, Ernest Leon

[Craig Robertson]

• SURNAME

Maddox​

• FORENAME

Ernest Leon​

• UNIT

formerly 1st Marine Parachute Battalion (HQ Company)​

• RANK

Technical Sergeant​

• NUMBER

288323​

• DATE OF DEATH

23rd February 1945​

• AGE

24​

• GRAVESITE

Honolulu Memorial, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA. Courts of the Missing​

• ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

from Alabama​

born 09.04.1920 Huntsville, Alabama, USA​

father Dee Maddox (1881-1947)​

mother Annie Rebecca (nee Johnson) Maddox (1886-1972)​

graduated Rison High School​

16.07.1940 entered service​

1941 married Dorothy G. Wilson (1922-1995)​

Next of kin - Parents. Mr. & Mrs. Dee Maddox, 1201 Rison Avenue, Huntsville, Alabama​

WIA Iwo Jima, Japan​

DOW U.S.S. Cecil (2nd Battalion, 27th Marines, 5th Marine Division)​

buried at sea​

awarded Bronze Star​

Maple Hill Cemetery, Huntsville, Alabama, USA. Block 34, Lot 17, Space 4 (Memorial)​

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