Everett Lee Norris was initially buried at the Kalaikunda Cemetery in India. He is buried at the Honolulu Memorial, HI, P, 947.
He is the son of William Thomas Norris and Flora Katherine Wyatt and the brother of my mother, Hazel Marie Norris Sapp.
-Submitted by his nephew, Dennis Sapp
Crossville Chronicle, September 22, 1944
Mr. and Mrs. W.T. Norris, of Clifty, Winesap Route, have three sons serving in the armed forces of their country. Hobert Norris, seaman second class is serving in New Guinea; Pfc Hubert Norris is serving and France.
Pvt. Everett L. Norris entered the serivce on March 1, 1943. He took his basic training in Camp Swift, Texas and went overseas in the latter part of May. He was in Burma and was wounded in action on the 28th day of July, and died the same day.
- Rank: Private
- Date of birth: 12 August 1923
- Date of death: 28 July 1944
- County: Cumberland
- Hometown: Crossville
- Service Branch: Army/Army Air Forces
- Division/Assignment: 5307th Composite Unit (Provisional)
- Theater: Pacific
- Conflict: World War II
- Awards: Bronze Star, Purple Heart
- Burial/Memorial Location: Honolulu Memorial, Honolulu, Hawaii
- Location In Memorial: Pillar VIII, Bottom Panel
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