World War II
Service # | 31203145 |
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Unit | 718th Bomber Squadron, 449th Bomber Group, Heavy |
Rank | Technical Sergeant U.S. Army Air Forces |
Entered Service From | Massachusetts |
Date of Death | April 23 1944 |
Status | Recovered |
Memorialized |
Tablets of the Missing
Florence American Cemetery |
Air Medal
Distinguished Flying Cross
Purple Heart
Distinguished Flying Cross, Air Medal with 4 Oak Leaf Clusters, Purple Heart
Notes
The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency exhumed the remains of an Unknown Soldier buried in Plot J Row 9 Grave 70 at Sicily-Rome American Cemetery with the belief that an identification could be made. Research and analysis were used to positively identify the remains as belonging to TSgt. Earl P. Gorman, who served in the 718th Bomber Squadron, 449th Bomber Group, Heavy. His name is permanently inscribed on the Tablets of the Missing at Florence American Cemetery.