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Special Forces Pilot
By Colonel Richard Hutchings
The SAS and LRDG Roll of Honour 1941-47
By Ex-Lance-Corporal X
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<blockquote data-quote="Craig Robertson" data-source="post: 62720" data-attributes="member: 6852"><p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>SURNAME</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Gatton</em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>FORENAME</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>James William</em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>UNIT</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>formerly 1st Marine Parachute Regiment</em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>RANK</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Private First Class</em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>NUMBER</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>514333</em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>DATE OF DEATH</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>8th March 1945</em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>AGE</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>21</em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>GRAVESITE</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Mound View Cemetery, Mount Vernon, Ohio, USA.</em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>ADDITIONAL INFORMATION</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>resided Mount Vernon, Ohio</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>born 05.11.1923, Lancaster, Ohio, USA</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>father Melrose Ray Gatton (1902-1958)</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>mother Martha I Gatton (1904-1965)</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>employed by Jewell Elec Cream Co.</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>27.01.1942 draft card Knox, Ohio</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>14.12.1942 entered service</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>1944 married Marion Elizabeth (nee Scott) Rine (1924-2019)</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>KIA Iwo Jima, Japan</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>posthumous Silver Star</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><a href="https://www.specialforcesroh.com/index.php?media/j-gatton.38547/" target="_blank"><img src="https://www.specialforcesroh.com/data/xfmg/thumbnail/38/38547-45a28eef33860aaf5476c5636fc76f1a.jpg?1688466974" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="width: 300px; height: 300px" /></a> <a href="https://www.specialforcesroh.com/index.php?media/j-gatton-grave.38546/" target="_blank"><img src="https://www.specialforcesroh.com/data/xfmg/thumbnail/38/38546-5224009f16862f5430625a4d0866f539.jpg?1688466971" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="width: 300px; height: 300px" /></a></p></blockquote><p></p>
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