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GORDON, Clifton Lewis - Date of
birth
30 January 1922 -
Age
22 - Place of
birth
Groveland, Essex County, Massachusetts -
Hometown
Haverhill, Essex County, Massachusetts
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
O-1015366 -
Rank
First Lieutenant -
Function
unknown -
Unit
86th Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron (Mechanized),
6th Armored Division,
B Troop
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Awards
Purple Heart
Death
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Status
Killed in Action - Date of
death
8 January 1945 - Place of
death
South of Bastogne, Belgium
Grave
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Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
| Plot | Row | Grave |
|---|---|---|
| H | 16 | 47 |
Immediate family
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Members
Daniel H. Gordon (father)
Mabel E. Gordon (mother)
Chester E. Gordon (brother)
Raymond E. Gordon (brother)
Phyllis E. Gordon (sister)
Constance Gordon (wife)
More information
1st Lt Clifton L. Gordon graduated from Haverhill Tracie School as an auto mechanic, class of 1939.He enlisted on 7 July 1941 in the Air Corps and was selected for OCS at Fort Knox, Kentucky. He was commissioned 2nd Lt., Cavalry on 16 January 1943.
B Troop was ordered to attack a dug-in German position in the woods east and just south of Bastogne. Denied tank support, B Troop nevertheless made its attack. Lt. Clifton E. Gordon, in his first major battle with the squadron, was killed along with eight of his men. Another seventeen enlisted men were wounded. The attack failed and eventually took a much stronger force to drive the enemy from the woods.
Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment record / 1930/1940 Census / Massachusetts Mason Membership Cards, www.super6th.org
Photo source: Peter Schouteten, www.ancestry.com - U.S. School Yearbooks Haverhill Massachusetts, Haverhill in World War II