TEC 5
Loring
W
Alderton
Born in West Virginia
Ancestors 
Brother of
Harry Calvin Alderton, Clarence Alderton, Pauline Virginia (Alderton) Hinkle, Elsie Louise (Alderton) Strong, Helen Alderton, Melvin James Alderton, Lorena (Alderton) Allison, Eva (Alderton) Fishel and Ralph Jennings Alderton
Died
at age 38
in Echternach, Luxembourg
Profile last modified
| Created 2 Jun 2016
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TEC 5 Loring Alderton was Missing in Action during World War II.
Biography
TEC 5 Loring Alderton served in the United States Army in World War II
Service started: 1942
Unit(s): Company A, 11th Regt. 5th Infantry Division
Service ended: MIA, 1945
Service started: 1942
Unit(s): Company A, 11th Regt. 5th Infantry Division
Service ended: MIA, 1945
Loring was the son of Charles Alderton and his wife, Nellie Haymaker. He was born in West Virginia and grew up in a large family. [1][2]
Tec5 Alderton served with A Company, 11th Regt. 5th Infantry Division during World War II. [3] He went Missing in Action while being evacuated back across the Sauer river to the 1st Battalion Aid station, by boa,t near Echternach, Luxembourg. The boat capsized, the water was swift. Alderton could not swim and it is presumed that he drowned in the river. His name is memorialized on the Tablets of the Missing at Luxembourg American Cemetery.[4]
Sources
- ↑ "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MN24-GKG : accessed 2 June 2016), Loring Alderton in household of Charles P Alderton, Cacapon, Morgan, West Virginia, United States; citing sheet 4A, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,821,963.
- ↑ "United States Census, 1930", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XMHP-G2R : accessed 2 June 2016), Lohring W Alderton in entry for Charles P Alderton, 1930.
- ↑ "United States World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K8YN-Q4V : 5 December 2014), Loring W Alderton, enlisted 20 Mar 1942, Ft Hayes, Columbus, Ohio, United States; citing "Electronic Army Serial Number Merged File, ca. 1938-1946," database, The National Archives: Access to Archival Databases (AAD) (http://aad.archives.gov : National Archives and Records Administration, 2002); NARA NAID 1263923, National Archives at College Park, Maryland.
- ↑ http://abmc.gov/node/428650#.V1DtmFdXBFI
- Individual Deceased Personnel File: Loring W. Alderton, 35290530, declassified.
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