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Personal info

Full name
LABOR, Gordon Harold
Date of birth
12 July 1919
Age
25
Place of birth
Sutton, Caledonia County, Vermont
Hometown
Barre, Washington County, Vermont

Military service

Service number
31410993
Rank
Private
Function
Rifleman
Unit
F Company,
2nd Battalion,
319th Infantry Regiment,
80th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
8 October 1944
Place of death
unknown

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
C 28 78

Immediate family

Members
Arthur H. Labor (father)
Annie E. (Priest) Labor (mother)
Eleanor M. Labor (sister)
Howard B. Labor (brother)
Anna M. (Drake) Labor (wife)

More information

Pvt Gordon H. Labor attended high school for two years and was a production worker before he enlisted in New Haven, Connecticut on 28 January 1944.

He was severely wounded in action by artillery shell fragments and evacuated to the 305th Medical Clearing Station where he died of wounds.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov , www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com – 1930/1940 Census / U.S. Headstone and Interment Record for U.S. Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil / U.S. Draft Cards Young Men / U.S. WW2 Hospital Admission Cards, www.80thdivision.com

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - kim, www.newspapers.com - The Barre Daily Times - 6 November 1944