Thornton, Elbert Marshel
First Name
Elbert
Middle Name
Marshel
Last Name
Thornton
Service Branch
Service Branch Unknown
Highest Rank
PVT
War or Action
World War I
Place Of Birth
Fannin County, Texas
County
Pueblo
Biography

Son of Robert Lee and Lula Jane Nickell Thornton. Brother of Virgie Zenoba and Herbert E. Thornton. Killed with 10 other Coloradans along with 19 Coloradans injured in train wreck in largest single day non-combat loss of troops in Colorado history.

Place Of Burial
Roselawn Cemetery, Pueblo, Colorado, U.S.
Place Of Death
Near Marshfield, Missouri, U.S.
Circumstances
Died Non-Battle (Train Accident)
Row Number
29
Column Number
3
Panel Number
3

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