Elihue Green was born on 11 August 1923 at Sevierville, Tennessee, son of Elihue Green and Lily Wright.
Died 7 February 1945 in Germany
Buried at Beech Fork Cemetery, Beech Fork, TN

517th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 13th Airborne Division

The LaFollette Press, April 14, 1949
Private Elihu Greene, age 22, killed in action Feb. 7, 1945, in Bergstein, Germany. The body arrived in LaFollette. It was removed to the home, 134 Linden Park, LaFollette. Survivors, father and step-mother, Mr. and Mrs. Elihu Green, LaFollette; six sisters, Mrs. Irene Finley, Knoxville; Mrs. Kathleen Cross, Caryville; Mrs. Carolyn Marlow, Mrs. Charlotte Adkins and Miss Blanche Greene, of LaFollette; Mrs. Ruth Martyr, Chicago; two brothers, Arnold and Robert of LaFollette.

  • Rank: Private
  • Date of birth:
  • 11 August 1923
  • Date of death: 7 February 1945
  • County: Campbell
  • Hometown: Caryville
  • Service Branch: Army/Army Air Forces
  • Division/Assignment: 517th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 13th Airborne Division
  • Theater: Europe
  • Conflict: World War II
  • Burial/Memorial Location: Beech Fork Cemetery, Beech Fork, TN
  • Location In Memorial: Pillar VII, Middle Panel
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