Name:
Elihu Tipton
Rank:
Sergeant
Serial Number:
277752
Unit:
3rd Marine Regiment
Date of Death:
1944-07-27
State:
Kentucky
Cemetery:
National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, Honolulu, Honolulu County, Hawaii, USA
Plot:
F
Row:
Grave:
874
Decoration:
Comments:
Elihu Tipton was born on April 6, 1920, in Winchester, Clark County, Kentucky. He was the son of Jesse "Jess" Tipton and Melissa "Malissie" Puckett Tipton.
He served in Company E, 2nd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, 3rd Marine Division as a Sergeant during World War II. He was Killed in Action on July 27, 1944, during the Battle for Guam.