PFC Ellis Holbrook

courtesy of Michelle McCoy

PFC Ellis Holbrook was born in Dickenson County, Virginia to Walter James and Louise Ann (McCoy) Holbrook on 2 Oct 1920.  His father was a miner.

Ellis was farming when he was drafted in November 1942.  Trained as a rifleman and sent to England he was assigned to C Company 116th Infantry and participated in the amphibious landing on D-Day with that unit.  Wounded on 17 Jun 1944 and evacuated, he died of his wound(s) that same day. 

PFC Holbrook was repatriated and is buried in McCoy Cemetery in Saint Paul, Virginia. Brother, Robert C. Holbrook, served from 1943 to 1946.