Army Air Forces
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Private
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23rd Bombardment Squadron, Hickam Field, Hawaii
Byron's name is on the wall in the memorial of the Pacific Air Forces (PACAF) building on the Hickam side of Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam in Honolulu, Hawaii. The PACAF building was originally a barracks, and sustained heavy damage during the attack. Many people died in that building, asleep in their beds. Because there were so many injured and deceased, the building became an interim hospital during the events in 1941. The building today is used as the headquarters for Major Command of the Air Force, and they have kept various building damage in tact for historical purposes. There is also a very large memorial in this building, since it played such a key role in 1941.
Byron was only identified in recent years, because the location he died had many partial remains and it's thanks to modern technology that they were able to identify him at all. Private Byron G. Elliott was found in the dining hall in wing I—the same wing his dormitory was—among the remains of his fellow squadron member Private First Class Lee I. Clendenning and PFC Clendenning's brother (who belonged to a different squadron). Due to the location of their remains, Byron was probably making himself something to eat when one of the first bombs hit.
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Private
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23rd Bombardment Squadron, Hickam Field, Hawaii
Byron's name is on the wall in the memorial of the Pacific Air Forces (PACAF) building on the Hickam side of Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam in Honolulu, Hawaii. The PACAF building was originally a barracks, and sustained heavy damage during the attack. Many people died in that building, asleep in their beds. Because there were so many injured and deceased, the building became an interim hospital during the events in 1941. The building today is used as the headquarters for Major Command of the Air Force, and they have kept various building damage in tact for historical purposes. There is also a very large memorial in this building, since it played such a key role in 1941.
Byron was only identified in recent years, because the location he died had many partial remains and it's thanks to modern technology that they were able to identify him at all. Private Byron G. Elliott was found in the dining hall in wing I—the same wing his dormitory was—among the remains of his fellow squadron member Private First Class Lee I. Clendenning and PFC Clendenning's brother (who belonged to a different squadron). Due to the location of their remains, Byron was probably making himself something to eat when one of the first bombs hit.
Army Air Forces
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Private
UNIT
23rd Bombardment Squadron, Hickam Field, Hawaii
Byron's name is on the wall in the memorial of the Pacific Air Forces (PACAF) building on the Hickam side of Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam in Honolulu, Hawaii. The PACAF building was originally a barracks, and sustained heavy damage during the attack. Many people died in that building, asleep in their beds. Because there were so many injured and deceased, the building became an interim hospital during the events in 1941. The building today is used as the headquarters for Major Command of the Air Force, and they have kept various building damage in tact for historical purposes. There is also a very large memorial in this building, since it played such a key role in 1941.
Byron was only identified in recent years, because the location he died had many partial remains and it's thanks to modern technology that they were able to identify him at all. Private Byron G. Elliott was found in the dining hall in wing I—the same wing his dormitory was—among the remains of his fellow squadron member Private First Class Lee I. Clendenning and PFC Clendenning's brother (who belonged to a different squadron). Due to the location of their remains, Byron was probably making himself something to eat when one of the first bombs hit.
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Private
UNIT
23rd Bombardment Squadron, Hickam Field, Hawaii
Byron's name is on the wall in the memorial of the Pacific Air Forces (PACAF) building on the Hickam side of Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam in Honolulu, Hawaii. The PACAF building was originally a barracks, and sustained heavy damage during the attack. Many people died in that building, asleep in their beds. Because there were so many injured and deceased, the building became an interim hospital during the events in 1941. The building today is used as the headquarters for Major Command of the Air Force, and they have kept various building damage in tact for historical purposes. There is also a very large memorial in this building, since it played such a key role in 1941.
Byron was only identified in recent years, because the location he died had many partial remains and it's thanks to modern technology that they were able to identify him at all. Private Byron G. Elliott was found in the dining hall in wing I—the same wing his dormitory was—among the remains of his fellow squadron member Private First Class Lee I. Clendenning and PFC Clendenning's brother (who belonged to a different squadron). Due to the location of their remains, Byron was probably making himself something to eat when one of the first bombs hit.
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