Weicht, Ellis Roscoe, born 17-04-1916 in Clearville, Bedford County, Pennsylvania, USA, 
to William Earnest Weicht (1886–1981) 
and his wife Mae Florence, born Barkman (1893–1968). Ellis had six sisters and four brothers, Iva Catherine, Weicht Price (1914–2002) 
, Charles William Weicht (1918–1946), 
Zona Juanita Weichs White (1919–2004), 
Frances Pauline Weicht Paul (1920–1999), 
Martha W Weichs Stocklas (1922–2015), 
Corporal Bernard F. Weichs (1924–1946),
June Susshine “Emily” Weichs Meriwether (1925–2010), 
Edgar Clyde Weicht (1929–2009), Oscar Lee Weicht (1930–1968), 
Fay Rebecca Weicht Smith (1932–2020) 
and Donna M. Weicht Foor (1934–2021). 
Ellis joined the Army 
from Bedford, Pennsylvania in February 1942, and by December 03-12-1944, was serving as a Sergeant in Company F, 142nd Infantry Regiment, 
under command of Lieutenant General Troy Houston Middleton 
of the 36th Infantry Division. 
under command of Major General Frank William Millburn. 
On that day, during fighting in Saint-Hippolyte, France, Ellis single-handedly attacked two hostile gun emplacements before being killed while attacking an enemy road block. The 36th Infantry Division had the next casualities during their European campaign, total battle casualities 19.466, killed in action 32.131, wounded in action 13.191, missing in action 494 and missed in action 2.650..
Sergeant Weicht’s official Medal of Honor citation reads: 
For commanding an assault squad in Company F’s attack against the strategically important Alsace town of St. Hippolyte on 03-12-1944. Ellis aggressively led his men down a winding street, clearing the houses of opposition as he advanced. Upon rounding a bend, the group was suddenly brought under the fire of 2 machineguns emplaced in the door and window of a house 100 yards distant. While his squad members took cover, Sergeant Weicht moved rapidly forward to a high rock wall and, fearlessly exposing himself to the enemy action, fired 2 clips of ammunition from his rifle. His fire proving ineffective, he entered a house opposite the enemy gun position, and, firing from a window, killed the 2 hostile gunners. Continuing the attack, the advance was again halted when two 20-mm. guns 
opened fire on the company. An artillery observer ordered friendly troops to evacuate the area and then directed artillery fire upon the gun positions. Sergeant Weicht remained in the shelled area and continued to fire on the hostile weapons. When the barrage lifted and the enemy soldiers attempted to remove their gun, he killed 2 crewmembers and forced the others to flee. Sergeant Weicht continued to lead his squad forward until he spotted a road block approximate 125 yards away. Moving to the second floor of a nearby house and firing from a window, Ellis killed 3 and wounded several of the enemy. Instantly becoming a target for heavy and direct fire, he disregarded personal safety to continue his fire, with unusual effectiveness, until he was killed by a direct hit from an antitank gun. 
Weicht, Ellis Roscoe died 03-12-1944 (age 28) in Saint-Hippolyte, Departement du Haut-Rhin, Alsace, France, killed by a direct hit from an antitank gun and is buried at.Epinal American Cemetery and Memorial, Epinal, Departement des Vosges, Lorraine, France, Perceel: Plot B, Row 42, Grave 20.
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