The 35th Infantry Regiment Association salutes our fallen brother, PVT Albert C. Cornell, 35212064, who died in the service of his country on January 15th, 1943 in Guadalcanal. The cause of death was listed as KIA. At the time of his death Albert was 27 years of age. He was from West Virginia.

The decorations earned by PVT Albert C. Cornell include: the Combat Infantryman Badge, the Bronze Star, the Purple Heart, the Asiatic-Pacific Service Medal, and the World War II Victory Medal.

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Born June 23, 1915, in Williamstown, West Virginia, Albert was the 2nd of three children blessed to the union of Brady Arthur and Martha J Mattie nee Obenhaus Cornell.

Albert lived pretty much his entire life in Wood County, in the comfort of his family, 605 Victoria Avenue. Upon completing grammar school, young Albert took set out for a career in carpentry. He was working for C. W. Dowling and Co, in Williamstown, when he registered for the draft on October 16, 1940.

On September 10, 1941, Albert walked into a Huntington, West Virginia-area recruiting office and enlisted in the United States Army.





It was determined by the Commander, U.S. Army Forces in the South Pacific Major General Millard F. Harmon, that the initial offensive action would be against Japanese fortifications on Mount Austin, which dominated the American positions around the airfield. The mission to take Mount Austin was given to the 35th Infantry commanded by Colonel Robert B. McClure. On 10 January 1943 the 25th Division as part of the XIV Corps launched the offensive.






Left to mourn his passing were his parents and brothers, Howard Arthur and Earnest Charles Cornell.

From 1947 through 1949, the American Graves Registration Service searched for isolated burials on Guadalcanal but did not associate any remains with PVT Cornell. Based on the lack of information, a military review board declared Albert non-recoverable.