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Personal info

Full name
NORTON, Earl H
Date of birth
11 November 1920
Age
24
Place of birth
Camden, Camden County, New Jersey
Hometown
Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
33599273
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
155th Airborne Anti-Aircraft Battalion,
17th Airborne Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
8 January 1945
Place of death
Near Bastogne, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
E 9 58

Immediate family

Members
Samuel Norton (father)
Charles H. Norton (brother)

More information

Pvt Earl H. Norton enlisted in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on 8 April 1943.

He attended high school for 2 years and was a machinist before he enlisted.

He was first buried at Temporary American Military Cemetery Grand Failly, France.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Pennsylvania, Veteran Compensation Application Files, WWII, http://www.ww2-airborne.us
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Luxembourg American Cemetery