Name:
Arthur Fulbrook Gorham
Rank:
Lieutenant Colonel
Serial Number:
0-021249
Unit:
505th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne
Date of Death:
1943-07-12
State:
Ohio
Cemetery:
Bellevue Cemetery, Bellevue, Ohio
Plot:
Section 8
Row:
Grave:
11
Decoration:
Distinguished Service Cross (x2), Purple Heart
Comments:
Gorham died in fighting around the Ponte Dirillo. He was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross for attacking a tank personally with a rocket launcher and he died trying to take out another with just hand grenades.