Entered the service from Arizona.
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Elbert W. Huff
Service #: 6268771
Rank: Corporal, U.S. Army Air Forces
Unit: 7th Material Squadron, 5th Air Base Group
Entered Service From: Arizona
Date of Death: September 6, 1942, U.S. Naval Hospital Unit of Bilibid Prison (Japanese POW Camp #3), Manila, Luzon, Philippines
Buried: Manila American Cemetery - Plot C, Row 9, Grave 85
1920 United States Federal Census (06 January 1920): Miami (Ward 3), Gila County, Arizona (sheet 4A, family 74, 1415 Laural Ave.) - Elbert W. Huff (2 Arizona).
1930 United States Federal Census (02 April 1930): Madison Township, Maricopa County, Arizona (sheet 1A, family 6, 4111 North 16th. St.) - Elbert W. Huff (12 Arizona).
Elbert W. Huff, 1940 East Roosevelt street, and Jack D. Barrett, 1210 East Van Buren street, will be sent to Fort Bliss, Tex., this morning for enlistment in the U.S. Army, Sgt. Glen R. Simpson, in charge of the Phoenix recruiting office, said yesterday. Source: Arizona Republic (Phoenix, Arizona), Wednesday, 28 October 1936, page 4.
1940 United States Federal Census (01 April 1940): Fort Ruger, Honolulu, Oahu, Hawaii (sheet 7B, line 56)- Private First Class Elbert W. Huff (22 Arizona, soldier, Battery E, Regiment 55th Coast Artillery, U.S. Army). He had completed 1 year of high school.
Elbert W. Huff (1917) reenlisted for another three years in the U.S. Army Air Corps on 18 June 1941 at Fort Winfield Scott, California. He was single and had completed 1 year of high school.
He was assigned to the 7th Material Squadron, 5th Air Base Group and sent to the Philippines where he was captured by the Japanese.
Bilibid Prison Record - 9-6-42: HUFF, Elbert W., Private First Class, U.S. Army, ASN: 6268771, died at 0500 this date. Cause of death: Dysentery, amebic. Buried in hospital plot, row three, grave seven.
Source: Kentner's Journal Bilibid Prison, Manila, P.I. from 12-8-41 to 2-5-45 by Pharmacist Mate, Robert W. Kentner, page 34.
Elbert was buried in the Bilibid Prison hospital cemetery – Row 3, Grave 7. After the war his remains were disinterred and brought to 7747 USAF Cemetery, Manila #2, Philippine Islands where they were reburied on 13 June 1945 – Block 1, Row 14, Grave 1777, (D-D No. 6980). The deceased in Manila #2 (over 11,000 American soldiers) rested there until their removal to the American Graves Registration Service Manila Mausoleum in the summer of 1948. From there, according to the wishes of his next of kin (father, Mr. James H. Huff), Corporal Elbert Woodrow Huff's remains were buried in his final resting place in the Manila American Cemetery – Plot C, Row 9, Grave 85.
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Japanese Hold Seven State Men
WASHINGTON, June 30 – Seven more Arizonians, two of them officers, were listed by the war department today as prisoners of the Japanese. They are: ...Pfc. Elbert W. Huff, son of James Henry Huff, route 1, box 94, Flagstaff. Source: Arizona Republic (Phoenix, Arizona), Thursday, 01 July 1943, page 4.
DIES IN JAP PRISON
WASHINGTON, Oct. 30. – (AP) – The death in a Japanese prison camp of Cpl. Elbert W. Huff, son of James Henry Huff, Flagstaff, Ariz., was reported today by the war department. The location of the camp in which Huff had been detained was not given. Notification was received from Japan through the prisoners' agency of the Red Cross. Source: Arizona Daily Star (Tucson, Arizona), Sunday, 31 October 1943, page 6.
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Elbert W. Huff
Service #: 6268771
Rank: Corporal, U.S. Army Air Forces
Unit: 7th Material Squadron, 5th Air Base Group
Entered Service From: Arizona
Date of Death: September 6, 1942, U.S. Naval Hospital Unit of Bilibid Prison (Japanese POW Camp #3), Manila, Luzon, Philippines
Buried: Manila American Cemetery - Plot C, Row 9, Grave 85
1920 United States Federal Census (06 January 1920): Miami (Ward 3), Gila County, Arizona (sheet 4A, family 74, 1415 Laural Ave.) - Elbert W. Huff (2 Arizona).
1930 United States Federal Census (02 April 1930): Madison Township, Maricopa County, Arizona (sheet 1A, family 6, 4111 North 16th. St.) - Elbert W. Huff (12 Arizona).
Elbert W. Huff, 1940 East Roosevelt street, and Jack D. Barrett, 1210 East Van Buren street, will be sent to Fort Bliss, Tex., this morning for enlistment in the U.S. Army, Sgt. Glen R. Simpson, in charge of the Phoenix recruiting office, said yesterday. Source: Arizona Republic (Phoenix, Arizona), Wednesday, 28 October 1936, page 4.
1940 United States Federal Census (01 April 1940): Fort Ruger, Honolulu, Oahu, Hawaii (sheet 7B, line 56)- Private First Class Elbert W. Huff (22 Arizona, soldier, Battery E, Regiment 55th Coast Artillery, U.S. Army). He had completed 1 year of high school.
Elbert W. Huff (1917) reenlisted for another three years in the U.S. Army Air Corps on 18 June 1941 at Fort Winfield Scott, California. He was single and had completed 1 year of high school.
He was assigned to the 7th Material Squadron, 5th Air Base Group and sent to the Philippines where he was captured by the Japanese.
Bilibid Prison Record - 9-6-42: HUFF, Elbert W., Private First Class, U.S. Army, ASN: 6268771, died at 0500 this date. Cause of death: Dysentery, amebic. Buried in hospital plot, row three, grave seven.
Source: Kentner's Journal Bilibid Prison, Manila, P.I. from 12-8-41 to 2-5-45 by Pharmacist Mate, Robert W. Kentner, page 34.
Elbert was buried in the Bilibid Prison hospital cemetery – Row 3, Grave 7. After the war his remains were disinterred and brought to 7747 USAF Cemetery, Manila #2, Philippine Islands where they were reburied on 13 June 1945 – Block 1, Row 14, Grave 1777, (D-D No. 6980). The deceased in Manila #2 (over 11,000 American soldiers) rested there until their removal to the American Graves Registration Service Manila Mausoleum in the summer of 1948. From there, according to the wishes of his next of kin (father, Mr. James H. Huff), Corporal Elbert Woodrow Huff's remains were buried in his final resting place in the Manila American Cemetery – Plot C, Row 9, Grave 85.
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Japanese Hold Seven State Men
WASHINGTON, June 30 – Seven more Arizonians, two of them officers, were listed by the war department today as prisoners of the Japanese. They are: ...Pfc. Elbert W. Huff, son of James Henry Huff, route 1, box 94, Flagstaff. Source: Arizona Republic (Phoenix, Arizona), Thursday, 01 July 1943, page 4.
DIES IN JAP PRISON
WASHINGTON, Oct. 30. – (AP) – The death in a Japanese prison camp of Cpl. Elbert W. Huff, son of James Henry Huff, Flagstaff, Ariz., was reported today by the war department. The location of the camp in which Huff had been detained was not given. Notification was received from Japan through the prisoners' agency of the Red Cross. Source: Arizona Daily Star (Tucson, Arizona), Sunday, 31 October 1943, page 6.
Entered the service from Arizona.
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Elbert W. Huff
Service #: 6268771
Rank: Corporal, U.S. Army Air Forces
Unit: 7th Material Squadron, 5th Air Base Group
Entered Service From: Arizona
Date of Death: September 6, 1942, U.S. Naval Hospital Unit of Bilibid Prison (Japanese POW Camp #3), Manila, Luzon, Philippines
Buried: Manila American Cemetery - Plot C, Row 9, Grave 85
1920 United States Federal Census (06 January 1920): Miami (Ward 3), Gila County, Arizona (sheet 4A, family 74, 1415 Laural Ave.) - Elbert W. Huff (2 Arizona).
1930 United States Federal Census (02 April 1930): Madison Township, Maricopa County, Arizona (sheet 1A, family 6, 4111 North 16th. St.) - Elbert W. Huff (12 Arizona).
Elbert W. Huff, 1940 East Roosevelt street, and Jack D. Barrett, 1210 East Van Buren street, will be sent to Fort Bliss, Tex., this morning for enlistment in the U.S. Army, Sgt. Glen R. Simpson, in charge of the Phoenix recruiting office, said yesterday. Source: Arizona Republic (Phoenix, Arizona), Wednesday, 28 October 1936, page 4.
1940 United States Federal Census (01 April 1940): Fort Ruger, Honolulu, Oahu, Hawaii (sheet 7B, line 56)- Private First Class Elbert W. Huff (22 Arizona, soldier, Battery E, Regiment 55th Coast Artillery, U.S. Army). He had completed 1 year of high school.
Elbert W. Huff (1917) reenlisted for another three years in the U.S. Army Air Corps on 18 June 1941 at Fort Winfield Scott, California. He was single and had completed 1 year of high school.
He was assigned to the 7th Material Squadron, 5th Air Base Group and sent to the Philippines where he was captured by the Japanese.
Bilibid Prison Record - 9-6-42: HUFF, Elbert W., Private First Class, U.S. Army, ASN: 6268771, died at 0500 this date. Cause of death: Dysentery, amebic. Buried in hospital plot, row three, grave seven.
Source: Kentner's Journal Bilibid Prison, Manila, P.I. from 12-8-41 to 2-5-45 by Pharmacist Mate, Robert W. Kentner, page 34.
Elbert was buried in the Bilibid Prison hospital cemetery – Row 3, Grave 7. After the war his remains were disinterred and brought to 7747 USAF Cemetery, Manila #2, Philippine Islands where they were reburied on 13 June 1945 – Block 1, Row 14, Grave 1777, (D-D No. 6980). The deceased in Manila #2 (over 11,000 American soldiers) rested there until their removal to the American Graves Registration Service Manila Mausoleum in the summer of 1948. From there, according to the wishes of his next of kin (father, Mr. James H. Huff), Corporal Elbert Woodrow Huff's remains were buried in his final resting place in the Manila American Cemetery – Plot C, Row 9, Grave 85.
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Japanese Hold Seven State Men
WASHINGTON, June 30 – Seven more Arizonians, two of them officers, were listed by the war department today as prisoners of the Japanese. They are: ...Pfc. Elbert W. Huff, son of James Henry Huff, route 1, box 94, Flagstaff. Source: Arizona Republic (Phoenix, Arizona), Thursday, 01 July 1943, page 4.
DIES IN JAP PRISON
WASHINGTON, Oct. 30. – (AP) – The death in a Japanese prison camp of Cpl. Elbert W. Huff, son of James Henry Huff, Flagstaff, Ariz., was reported today by the war department. The location of the camp in which Huff had been detained was not given. Notification was received from Japan through the prisoners' agency of the Red Cross. Source: Arizona Daily Star (Tucson, Arizona), Sunday, 31 October 1943, page 6.
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Elbert W. Huff
Service #: 6268771
Rank: Corporal, U.S. Army Air Forces
Unit: 7th Material Squadron, 5th Air Base Group
Entered Service From: Arizona
Date of Death: September 6, 1942, U.S. Naval Hospital Unit of Bilibid Prison (Japanese POW Camp #3), Manila, Luzon, Philippines
Buried: Manila American Cemetery - Plot C, Row 9, Grave 85
1920 United States Federal Census (06 January 1920): Miami (Ward 3), Gila County, Arizona (sheet 4A, family 74, 1415 Laural Ave.) - Elbert W. Huff (2 Arizona).
1930 United States Federal Census (02 April 1930): Madison Township, Maricopa County, Arizona (sheet 1A, family 6, 4111 North 16th. St.) - Elbert W. Huff (12 Arizona).
Elbert W. Huff, 1940 East Roosevelt street, and Jack D. Barrett, 1210 East Van Buren street, will be sent to Fort Bliss, Tex., this morning for enlistment in the U.S. Army, Sgt. Glen R. Simpson, in charge of the Phoenix recruiting office, said yesterday. Source: Arizona Republic (Phoenix, Arizona), Wednesday, 28 October 1936, page 4.
1940 United States Federal Census (01 April 1940): Fort Ruger, Honolulu, Oahu, Hawaii (sheet 7B, line 56)- Private First Class Elbert W. Huff (22 Arizona, soldier, Battery E, Regiment 55th Coast Artillery, U.S. Army). He had completed 1 year of high school.
Elbert W. Huff (1917) reenlisted for another three years in the U.S. Army Air Corps on 18 June 1941 at Fort Winfield Scott, California. He was single and had completed 1 year of high school.
He was assigned to the 7th Material Squadron, 5th Air Base Group and sent to the Philippines where he was captured by the Japanese.
Bilibid Prison Record - 9-6-42: HUFF, Elbert W., Private First Class, U.S. Army, ASN: 6268771, died at 0500 this date. Cause of death: Dysentery, amebic. Buried in hospital plot, row three, grave seven.
Source: Kentner's Journal Bilibid Prison, Manila, P.I. from 12-8-41 to 2-5-45 by Pharmacist Mate, Robert W. Kentner, page 34.
Elbert was buried in the Bilibid Prison hospital cemetery – Row 3, Grave 7. After the war his remains were disinterred and brought to 7747 USAF Cemetery, Manila #2, Philippine Islands where they were reburied on 13 June 1945 – Block 1, Row 14, Grave 1777, (D-D No. 6980). The deceased in Manila #2 (over 11,000 American soldiers) rested there until their removal to the American Graves Registration Service Manila Mausoleum in the summer of 1948. From there, according to the wishes of his next of kin (father, Mr. James H. Huff), Corporal Elbert Woodrow Huff's remains were buried in his final resting place in the Manila American Cemetery – Plot C, Row 9, Grave 85.
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Japanese Hold Seven State Men
WASHINGTON, June 30 – Seven more Arizonians, two of them officers, were listed by the war department today as prisoners of the Japanese. They are: ...Pfc. Elbert W. Huff, son of James Henry Huff, route 1, box 94, Flagstaff. Source: Arizona Republic (Phoenix, Arizona), Thursday, 01 July 1943, page 4.
DIES IN JAP PRISON
WASHINGTON, Oct. 30. – (AP) – The death in a Japanese prison camp of Cpl. Elbert W. Huff, son of James Henry Huff, Flagstaff, Ariz., was reported today by the war department. The location of the camp in which Huff had been detained was not given. Notification was received from Japan through the prisoners' agency of the Red Cross. Source: Arizona Daily Star (Tucson, Arizona), Sunday, 31 October 1943, page 6.
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