TEC 4, GORTON, Ernest
Service number: 32227495
Age: 29
Born: 26 Sep 1915Tompkins, Delaware County, New York, USA
Hometown: Sullivan County, New York
Family:
Austin Emmett Gorton (father)
Pearl (nee Douglas) Gorton (mother)
Isabelle Muriel Gorton/Plutino (sister)
Ivan Gorton (brother)
Bernard Everett Gorton (brother)
Anna Louise Johnson (wife)
Gorton (son)
Rank: Technician Fourth Class
Function: Artillery Mechanic
Battalion: 17th Tank Battalion
Division: 7th Armored Division
Company: HQ & HQ Company
Date of death: 8 December 1944
Status: Died Of Wounds
Place of death: Ubach-Palenberg, Landkreis Heinsberg, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany
Spot: Not available
Awards / Commendations:
★ World War II Victory Medal
★ Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster
★ Combat Infantryman Badge
★ Marksmanship Badge
★ American Campaign Medal
★ Army Good Conduct Medal
★ European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign
Grave number: Plot P, Row 15, Grave 7
Cemetery: American War Cemetery Margraten, Limburg, Netherlands
Date of enlistment: Reported for duty on March 13, 1942 at Camp Upton Yaphank, New York.
Other information:
TECH 4 Ernest Gorton was sent overseas in April 1944.
He was wounded at Metz on 20 April 1944, for which he was awarded the Purple Heart Medal for the first time
Service number: 32227495
Age: 29
Born: 26 Sep 1915Tompkins, Delaware County, New York, USA
Hometown: Sullivan County, New York
Family:
Austin Emmett Gorton (father)
Pearl (nee Douglas) Gorton (mother)
Isabelle Muriel Gorton/Plutino (sister)
Ivan Gorton (brother)
Bernard Everett Gorton (brother)
Anna Louise Johnson (wife)
Gorton (son)
Rank: Technician Fourth Class
Function: Artillery Mechanic
Battalion: 17th Tank Battalion
Division: 7th Armored Division
Company: HQ & HQ Company
Date of death: 8 December 1944
Status: Died Of Wounds
Place of death: Ubach-Palenberg, Landkreis Heinsberg, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany
Spot: Not available
Awards / Commendations:
★ World War II Victory Medal
★ Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster
★ Combat Infantryman Badge
★ Marksmanship Badge
★ American Campaign Medal
★ Army Good Conduct Medal
★ European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign
Grave number: Plot P, Row 15, Grave 7
Cemetery: American War Cemetery Margraten, Limburg, Netherlands
Date of enlistment: Reported for duty on March 13, 1942 at Camp Upton Yaphank, New York.
Other information:
TECH 4 Ernest Gorton was sent overseas in April 1944.
He was wounded at Metz on 20 April 1944, for which he was awarded the Purple Heart Medal for the first time
TEC 4, GORTON, Ernest
Service number: 32227495
Age: 29
Born: 26 Sep 1915Tompkins, Delaware County, New York, USA
Hometown: Sullivan County, New York
Family:
Austin Emmett Gorton (father)
Pearl (nee Douglas) Gorton (mother)
Isabelle Muriel Gorton/Plutino (sister)
Ivan Gorton (brother)
Bernard Everett Gorton (brother)
Anna Louise Johnson (wife)
Gorton (son)
Rank: Technician Fourth Class
Function: Artillery Mechanic
Battalion: 17th Tank Battalion
Division: 7th Armored Division
Company: HQ & HQ Company
Date of death: 8 December 1944
Status: Died Of Wounds
Place of death: Ubach-Palenberg, Landkreis Heinsberg, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany
Spot: Not available
Awards / Commendations:
★ World War II Victory Medal
★ Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster
★ Combat Infantryman Badge
★ Marksmanship Badge
★ American Campaign Medal
★ Army Good Conduct Medal
★ European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign
Grave number: Plot P, Row 15, Grave 7
Cemetery: American War Cemetery Margraten, Limburg, Netherlands
Date of enlistment: Reported for duty on March 13, 1942 at Camp Upton Yaphank, New York.
Other information:
TECH 4 Ernest Gorton was sent overseas in April 1944.
He was wounded at Metz on 20 April 1944, for which he was awarded the Purple Heart Medal for the first time
Service number: 32227495
Age: 29
Born: 26 Sep 1915Tompkins, Delaware County, New York, USA
Hometown: Sullivan County, New York
Family:
Austin Emmett Gorton (father)
Pearl (nee Douglas) Gorton (mother)
Isabelle Muriel Gorton/Plutino (sister)
Ivan Gorton (brother)
Bernard Everett Gorton (brother)
Anna Louise Johnson (wife)
Gorton (son)
Rank: Technician Fourth Class
Function: Artillery Mechanic
Battalion: 17th Tank Battalion
Division: 7th Armored Division
Company: HQ & HQ Company
Date of death: 8 December 1944
Status: Died Of Wounds
Place of death: Ubach-Palenberg, Landkreis Heinsberg, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany
Spot: Not available
Awards / Commendations:
★ World War II Victory Medal
★ Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster
★ Combat Infantryman Badge
★ Marksmanship Badge
★ American Campaign Medal
★ Army Good Conduct Medal
★ European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign
Grave number: Plot P, Row 15, Grave 7
Cemetery: American War Cemetery Margraten, Limburg, Netherlands
Date of enlistment: Reported for duty on March 13, 1942 at Camp Upton Yaphank, New York.
Other information:
TECH 4 Ernest Gorton was sent overseas in April 1944.
He was wounded at Metz on 20 April 1944, for which he was awarded the Purple Heart Medal for the first time
Gravesite Details
Entered the service from New York.
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