Alaska Highway, Medical Corps, H&S Company. Born: 6 October 1906, Almena, Kansas. Died: 6 April 1960, Kansas. Buried at Paola City Cemetery, KS. Enlisted: 15 January 1941 and discharged 12 January 1946, Ft. Leonard Wood, Missouri. He attended University of Kansas medical school.
He was assigned Medical Corps, H&S Company of the 93rd Engineer Regiment. They built the middle section of the Alaska Highway. His next assignment was the Army Regional Hospital, Ft. Leonard Wood, MO.
His spouse was Doris Jean Montgomery Elson, born 3 December 1909 and died 27 April 2001. Their daughter’s name was Jena Elson. In 1940 census he was in private practice. His father, Clarence W. Elson was a farmer and his mother was Goldie W. Elson.
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