Auclair, Elliot Earl

Rank and Name, Private First Class Elliot Earl Auclair.

Unit/Placed in, 1^st Battalion, 25th Marines, 4th Marine Division, Marine Corps.

Elliot is born approx. on 2 July 1923 in New York.

Father, Victor E. Auclair.

Mother, Nannie Auclair.

Sister(s), Victoria Auclair.

Elliot enlisted the service in New York with service number # 482545.

Elliot died of his Wounds onboard the USS Calvert due to the Wounds inflicted at the Landing of Saipan on 19 June 1944, he is honored with a Purple Heart, Combat Action Ribbon, Marine Good Conduct Medal, Marine Expeditionary Medal, American Campaign Medal, Navy & Marine Presidential Unit Citation, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, WW II Victory Medal.

Elliot is buried/mentioned at Honolulu Memorial, Honolulu County, Hawaii U.S.A.

Courts of the missing.

He also has a Memorial Grave at White Haven Memorial Park, Pittsford, Monroe County, New York, USA.

Thanks to,

Jean Louis Vijgen, WW2-Pacific Website.

Air Force Info, Rolland Swank.

ABMC Website, https://abmc.gov

Seabees History Bob Smith https://seabeehf.org/

Navy Info, http://navylog.navymemorial.org

POW Info, http://www.mansell.com Dwight Rider and Wes injerd.

Navy Seal Memorial, http://www.navysealmemorials.com

Family Info, https://www.familysearch.org