Elwin Alford

World War II
Service #2746380
RankSeaman Second Class U.S. Navy
Entered Service From Louisiana
Date of DeathJune 15 1943
StatusRecovered
Memorialized
Courts of the Missing
Court
5
Purple Heart
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.

rosetta medal
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.