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-'''Hilan Verle Ebert''', born March 21, 1903 in [[Alliance, Ohio]], graduated from the [[U.S. Naval Academy]] in 1926.
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-==Navy career==
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-Ebert served in various billets afloat and ashore until assigned to [[USS Northampton (CL-26)|USS ''Northampton'']] in April 1942. He was killed November 30, 1942, when his ship was [[torpedo]]ed in the [[Battle of Tassafaronga]] off [[Guadalcanal]].<ref>[https://www.history.navy.mil/research/histories/ship-histories/danfs/e/ebert.html Naval History and Heritage Command]</ref> He is memorialized at the [[Manila American Cemetery and Memorial]] in Manila, Philippines.<ref>[https://www.abmc.gov/node/463311 American Battle Monuments Commission]</ref>
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-==Awarded the Navy Cross==
-He was posthumously awarded the [[Navy Cross]] for his courage and disregard for his own safety beyond the call of duty until his ship was lost.
-==Namesake==
-[[USS Ebert (DE-768)|USS ''Ebert'']] was named in his honor. The ship was launched May 11, 1944 by [[Tampa Shipbuilding]] Co., Inc., [[Tampa, Florida]]; sponsored by Mrs. Hilan Ebert, widow of Lieutenant Commander Ebert, and commissioned July 12, 1944.
-==References==
-{{Portal|United States Navy|World War II}}
-{{reflist}}
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-==External links==
-* {{FAG|8770529|Hilan Verle Ebert}} – for [[cenotaph]] at [[Arlington National Cemetery]]
-* {{FAG|137882780|CDR Hilan Ebert}} – for [[cenotaph]] at Fairmont Memorial Park in Alliance, Ohio
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-[[Category:1903 births]]
-[[Category:1942 deaths]]
-[[Category:Recipients of the Navy Cross (United States)]]
-[[Category:United States Navy officers]]
-[[Category:People from Alliance, Ohio]]
-[[Category:American naval personnel killed in World War II]]
-[[Category:United States Naval Academy alumni]]
-[[Category:Burials at the Manila American Cemetery and Memorial]]
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