US PARAS Gorham, Arthur Fulbrook (Art)

[John Robertson]

• SURNAME

Gorham ​

• FORENAME

Arthur Fulbrook (Art) ​

• UNIT

505 Parachute Infantry Regiment (Commanding Officer 1 Bn) ​

• RANK

Lieutenant Colonel ​

• NUMBER

0-021249 ​

• DATE OF DEATH

12th July 1943 ​

• AGE

28 ​

• GRAVESITE

Bellevue Cemetery,Bellevue,Sandusky County,Ohio ​

• ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

from Bellevue,Ohio​

born 11.1.1915 Brooklyn,New York​

son of James Allison and Louise Fox Gorham​

husband of Corrine Elizabeth (nee Bennett) Gorham (1 son Bruce)​

married 21.6.1939 Wichita,Kansas​

family moved to Bellevue,Ohio​

graduated Bellevue Central High School 1932​

attended Stanton Preparatory Academy,Cornwall,New York​

attended Miami University,Oxford,Ohio​

graduated USMA,West Point 1938​

30th Infantry Regiment (2Lt)​

504 PIR (Company B) February 1942​

505 PIR (1 Bn) summer 1942​

award D.S.C. with oak leaf cluster​

KIA Piano Lupo,Sicily​

date of death also given in sources as 11th and 14th July​

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