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Personal info

Full name
ALDERTON, Loring W
Date of birth
22 June 1906
Age
38
Place of birth
Paw Paw, Morgan County, West Virginia
Hometown
Paw Paw, Morgan County, West Virginia

Military service

Service number
35290530
Rank
Technician Fifth Grade
Function
unknown
Unit
11th Infantry Regiment,
5th Infantry Division
Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
9 February 1945
Place of death
North of Echternach, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Tablets of the Missing

Immediate family

Members
Charles P. Alderton (father)
Nellie M. Alderton (mother)
Harry C. Alderton (brother)
Clarence Alderton (brother)
Pauline Alderton (sister)
Elsie Alderton (sister)
Helen Alderton (sister)
Melvin J. Alderton (brother)
Lorena M. Alderton (sister)
Eva Alderton (sister)
Ralph J. Alderton (brother)

More information

T/5 Loring W. Alderton enlisted at Fort Hayes, Columbus, Ohio on 20 March 1942.

He worked for the Union Tanning Company as a production worker.

Source of information: Leo Minne, Terry Hirsch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Records, www.ancestry.com - 1920/1930/1940 Census / Headstone and Interment Record, A footsoldier for Patton / Michael C. Bilder James G. Bilder, The 5th Infantry Division in the ETO, WWII Draft Card

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, www.findagrave.com - soilsister / Astrid