Elwin Alford | American Battle Monuments Commission

World War II

Service #	2746380
Rank	Seaman Second Class U.S. Navy
Entered Service From	Louisiana
Date of Death	June 15 1943
Status	Recovered
Memorialized	Courts of the Missing Court 5 Honolulu Memorial Honolulu Memorial 2177 Puowaina Drive 96813-1729 HI United States

Purple Heart

Notes

S2C Alford's name is permanently inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial.
His remains were recovered in 2003.

When an individual’s remains have been accounted for by the U.S. Department of Defense, a rosette is placed next to the name on the Wall/Tablet/Court of the Missing to mark that the person now rests in a known gravesite.