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Personal info

Full name
DUNCAN, Gordon Martin
Date of birth
16 April 1926
Age
18
Place of birth
Bayonne, Hudson County, New Jersey
Hometown
Hudson County, New Jersey

Military service

Service number
42187626
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
22nd Infantry Regiment,
4th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
2 March 1945
Place of death
Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
F 16 55

Immediate family

Members
Harry Duncan (father)
Elizabeth Duncan (mother)
Doris Duncan (sister)

More information

Pvt Gordon M. Duncan enlisted in Newark, New Jersey on 13 September 1944.
He was a graduate of Bayonne High School.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Carla Mans, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, www.ancestry.com - WWII Enlistment Record / Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, www.newspapers.com - Daily News 12 April 1945