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Personal info

Full name
NORTON, Raymond E
Date of birth
20 April 1919
Age
25
Place of birth
Mercer County, Kentucky
Hometown
Lexington, Fayette County, Kentucky

Military service

Service number
35816124
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
395th Infantry Regiment,
99th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

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

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
D 11 61

Immediate family

Members
John T. Norton (father)
Lola B. (Richardson) Norton (mother)
Margaret E. Norton (sister)
Beulah M. Norton (sister)
Dorothy Norton (sister)
Everett M. Norton (brother)
Dorothy M. Norton (wife)
Patricia Norton (daughter)

More information

Pvt Raymond E. Norton was a driver before he enlisted in Louisville, Kentucky on 7 August 1944.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Carla Mans, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Twisted Twigs Branches Family Tree / 1940 Census

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, The Lexington Herald - 18 March 1945