This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Cemetery Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/JW.2ADE/8501 Message Board Post: Desert Memorial Park Cemetery Ridgecrest CA Kern County Funeral Home Record Lot: D-1, Sec. 29, Blk. 3 Interred: Elbert Elwood Smith Color: Cauc Age: 46 years, 0 months, 7 days Place of birth: Texas Date of birth: April 20, 1922 Sex: M Place of death: Crowley Lake, CA Date of death: April 27, 1968 Name and address of undertaker: Lyons Mortuary, Ridgecrest CA Desert Memorial Park Block 3, Row K, Space 19 Headstone Elbert Elwood Smith Louisana S1 US Coast Guard Res World War II April 20, 1922 April 27, 1968 Standard military headstone, metal, raised letters