Earl P. Gorman

World War II
Service #31203145
Unit718th Bomber Squadron, 449th Bomber Group, Heavy
RankTechnical Sergeant U.S. Army Air Forces
Entered Service From Massachusetts
Date of DeathApril 23 1944
StatusRecovered
Memorialized
Tablets of the Missing
Air Medal
Distinguished Flying Cross
Purple Heart
Distinguished Flying Cross, Air Medal with 4 Oak Leaf Clusters, Purple Heart
Notes

The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency exhumed the remains of an Unknown Soldier buried in Plot J Row 9 Grave 70 at Sicily-Rome American Cemetery with the belief that an identification could be made. Research and analysis were used to positively identify the remains as belonging to TSgt. Earl P. Gorman, who served in the 718th Bomber Squadron, 449th Bomber Group, Heavy. His name is permanently inscribed on the Tablets of the Missing at Florence American Cemetery.

rosetta medal
When an individual’s remains have been accounted for by the U.S. Department of Defense, a rosette is placed next to the name on the Wall/Tablet/Court of the Missing to mark that the person now rests in a known gravesite.