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Name of Veteran: Andrew
Gorman
Date of Birth: November 23, 1910
Date of Death: November 27, 1943
Where Buried: Missing in action/buried at sea - Tablets of the
Missing at North Africa American Cemetery
Dates of Military Service:
Conflict or War: WWII
Branch of Service: U.S. Army Air Force, 853rd Engineer Battalion,
Aviation
Rank: Technician 5th Class
Awards or Honors: Purple Heart
KIA, MIA, or Wounded: Killed in Action, body not recovered
A member of the Veterans of Foreign Wars (V.F.W.)? No
Submitter's Relationship to Veteran: My uncle
Submitter's Name: Ronald L. Gorman
Submitter's Email: rgorma@state.wy.us
Any other information submitted: Lost his life on November 26, 1943
while on a troop ship the HMS Rohna. Bombed and sunk off the coast of
Algeria, North Africa Ship left from Oran, Algeria to Bombay, India.
Died along with 1102 members of the armed forces and ships crew. |
