WW2 Tinian Fallen - Silver Star hero George Gorball, 2nd Marine Division

Sgt. George Gorbell, 2nd Marine Divison earned the Silver Star at Tinian.
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/47826034/george-william-gorball
https://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/USMC/USMC-C-Tinian/index.html

George William Gorball never had a chance to reach 100 years old today. Instead, he sacrificed his life for our freedom.

If you have enjoyed reading the stories of the WWII fallen, Can you help write some stories? It's a big project. The more help, the better.  Announcing "The Stories Behind the Stars", see https://www.storiesbehindthestars.org. This crowd-sourced national project has the goal of compiling stories of all 400,000+ of the US World War II fallen in one free-to-access central database. We are going to need a lot of volunteers. Anyone visiting a war memorial or gravesite will be able to scan the name of the fallen with a smartphone and his story will appear on the phone.

George was born on August 28, 1920 in Ranchester, Wyoming. His parents Carroll and Laura (Short) were born in Nebraska and Iowa, respectively. His father worked as a farmer, a US Mail carrier, and a construction foreman. George had three older sisters, a younger sister and a younger brother. By 1940 George had moved away from home. His parents were living in Laramie and moved to West Ogden, Utah during the war.

He enlisted in the US Marine Corps in July 1940. He was sent to Pearl Harbor one week after the Japanese December 1941 attack. He reached the rank of sergeant in Company C, 1st Battalion (Engineers), 18th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division. 

George would have participated in the battles of Tarawa and Saipan. Having made it through those two bloody conflicts he was a sergeant when it came time for the 2nd Marine Division to take Tinian which was needed as an airbase for the Twentieth Air Force. It landed on the island on July 25, 1944. It was a tough assignment only two weeks after a month of fighting at Saipan.

August 1 would be the last day of the fighting. At that time the Japanese were making their last stand in caves and ravines on the south end of the island. In the act of flushing out the remaining defenders many Marines were wounded. Under fire, Sgt. Gorball crossed dangerous minefields to come to their aid. He was fatally wounded himself and died one day later on August 2, 1944. Sgt. Gorball was one of 326 Marines killed in this battle, far less than future battles would cost. This was the last time the Japanese contested the landing at the beaches to no avail. After Tinian the Japanese would switch to a defense in depth strategy that would prove so costly at Iwo Jima and Okinawa.

Sgt. Gorball's selfless actions from August 1 were recognized by a posthumous Silver Star award. The citation reads as follows:

The President of the United States of America takes pride in presenting the Silver Star (Posthumously) to Sergeant George W. Gorball (MCSN: 289589), United States Marine Corps, for conspicuous Gallantry and intrepidity while serving with the First Battalion, Eighteenth Marines, SECOND Marine Division, in action against enemy Japanese forces on Tinian, Marianas Islands, 1 August 1944. 

When members of an assault engineer mine reconnaissance patrol sustained serious casualties as a result of intense enemy fire, Sergeant Gorball unhesitatingly volunteered to assist in removing the wounded and, fearlessly braving the terrific barrages from powerful automatic weapons, picked his way through dangerous minefields to the exposed position where men lay helpless. Fatally wounded while administering aid to one of the Marines, Sergeant Gorball exhausted his fast waning strength to care for his companion, persisting in his heroic efforts until he collapsed. 

By his outstanding courage in the face of extreme peril, his exceptional initiative and his unwavering devotion to duty, he upheld the highest traditions of the United States Naval Service. He gallantly gave his life for his country.
General Orders: Commander in Chief, Pacific: Serial 1296 (February 22, 1945)

His grave is at Sheridan Municipal Cemetery in Sheridan, Wyoming.

Thank you Sergeant Gorball for your sacrifice. Let's Earn It for George.

This is one of the final 50 stories to be written as part of this project which ends on September 2, 2020, the 75th anniversary of the end of World War II. At that time more than 1,370 men and women will have been profiled. The project will live on in an expanded program to write the stories of all 400,000+ US World War II fallen. Visit www.storiesbehindthestars.org to learn more. We welcome your continued support and interest and encourage you to help write some of these stories.

Last year on this date I profiled MIA B-25 copilot Charles Cannon. You can read about Charles here.

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References:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Tinian

The Battle for Tinian: Vital Stepping Stone in America's War Against Japan by Nathan Prefer, 2012

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/47826034/george-william-gorball

1920, 1930, 1940 census records

WW2 Fallen - B-17 navigator John McCray

2nd Lt. John McCray was a B-17 navigator in the 524th Bombardment Squadron based in England.
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/163898943/john-e_-mccray
http://www.americanairmuseum.com/unit/1200

John E. McCray never had a chance to reach 100 years old today. Instead, he sacrificed his life for our freedom. 

If you have enjoyed reading the stories of the WWII fallen, Can you help write some stories? It's a big project. The more help, the better.  Announcing "The Stories Behind the Stars", see https://www.storiesbehindthestars.org. This crowd-sourced national project has the goal of compiling stories of all 400,000+ of the US World War II fallen in one free-to-access central database. We are going to need a lot of volunteers. Anyone visiting a war memorial or gravesite will be able to scan the name of the fallen with a smartphone and his story will appear on the phone.

John was born August 27, 1920, in, Missouri to John Edward McCray. John had completed 3 years of college and was employed by the J.I. Case Company.  John married his sweetheart Georgiana M. 

McCray was drafted in Racine, Wisconsin on Valentines Day 1942. He volunteered to serve in the Army Air Forces. He was assigned to the 524 Bombardment Squadron, 379th Bombardment Group which was sent to England in the spring of 1943. He reached the rank of second lieutenant. Lt. McCray likely joined his unit in 1944.

“The air echelon of the squadron arrived at RAF Bovingdon by 24 April 1943, and remained there until 21 May, when it joined the ground echelon at RAF Kimbolton, which was to be its combat station for the remainder of its time in the European Theater of Operations. The squadron flew its first combat mission on 29 May, and focused on the strategic bombing campaign against Germany. This mission was the starting point for the first Distinguished Unit Citation (DUC) awarded to the squadron for its sustained actions through the end of July 1944. Targets included industrial sites, oil refineries, storage plants, submarine pens, airfields and communications centers in Germany, France, the Netherlands, Belgium, Norway and Poland. Targets included a chemical plant in Ludwigshafen, an aircraft assembly plant in Braunschweig, ball bearing plants at Schweinfurt and Leipzig, synthetic oil refineries at Merseburg and Gelsenkirchen, marshalling yards at Hamm and Reims and airfields in le Mesnil-au-Val and Berlin. The squadron received a second DUC for its attack on the FW190 aircraft factory at Oschersleben and the Junkers factory at Halberstadt on 11 January 1944.”

“During the Northern France Campaign, the squadron bombed enemy positions to assist ground troops during Operation Cobra, the breakout at Saint Lo on 24 and 25 July 1944. It attacked German communications and fortifications during the Battle of the Bulge, from December 1944 through January 1945 and bombed bridges and viaducts in France and Germany to aid the Allied assault across the Rhine, from February to March 1945.[3] The squadron flew its last mission on 25 April 1945” [2]

Second Lieutenant McCray was killed on bombing mission over Dortmund, Germany on 4 October 1944. The target was the railway yards.

UPDATE: Lt John McCray was killed on 05 October 1944. He was the Navigator for the Lt Mills Crew on board "Swamp Fire". He was "Swamp Fire's" only KIA out of the nearly 400 Airmen who flew on her. He was three missions away from completing his tour and returning home to his wife and "Swamp Fire" was three mission away from setting the record of "First Heavy Bomber to reach 100 missions without an abort. His crew delayed their return home to fly that mission. I have spoken to his widow and others in his family about his war time experiences. If you want to discover more about "Swamp Fire", her crews and accomplishment to include the missions of Lt John McCray go to our website or Face book page on "Swamp Fire" or contact us at swampfire1944@gmail.com. 

His wife received Lt McCray's Air Medal with Three Oak Leaf Clusters in his memory as well as the Purple Heart. [1]

John’s final resting place is in Calvary Catholic Cemetary in Racine, Wisconsin.

Thank you for your sacrifice. Let's Earn It for Second Lieutenant John E. McCray.

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This profile was written and summarized by Brianne Ellison. I am a business owner and stay at home mom of 4 children in Utah. I have been an independent family history researcher for over 12 years. I have also had a passion for U.S. war history since I was a child. WWII is my most passionate research project aside from family history. I am so grateful to be able to contribute to a memorial of such a courageous soldier that never gave up. It is because of men like John, that we have our freedom today. “Land of the Free because of the Brave.” Thank you, Second Lieutenant John E. McCray. You will never be forgotten. 

This is one of the final 10 stories (7) to be written as part of this project which ends on September 2, 2020, the 75th anniversary of the end of World War II. At that time more than 1,370 men and women will have been profiled. The project will live on in an expanded program to write the stories of all 400,000+ US World War II fallen. Visit www.storiesbehindthestars.org to learn more. We welcome your continued support and interest and encourage you to help write some of these stories.

Last year on this date I profiled Silver Star hero Guy Earnest, 84th Infantry Division. You can read about Guy here.

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1. Wife Presented Husband's Medal at Truax Field. (1945, June 8). The Journal Times, p. 5. Retrieved August 21, 2020, from https://www.newspapers.com/image/334509591/?terms=John%2BMcCray.

2. 524th Bomb Squadron. (2020, June 15). Retrieved August 22, 2020, from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/524th_Bomb_Squadron

WW2 Saipan Fallen - Silver Star hero Israel Aronovitz, 2nd Marine Division

Silver Star hero PFC Israel Aronovitz served with the 2nd Marine Division during the Battle of Saipan.
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/65292182/israel-aronovitz
https://www.worldwarphotos.info/gallery/usa/pacific/saipan/marines-hit-by-japanese-sniper-on-saipans-red-beach-1944/

Israel Aronovitz never had a chance to reach 100 years old today. Instead, he sacrificed his life for our freedom.

If you have enjoyed reading the stories of the WWII fallen, Can you help write some stories? It's a big project. The more help, the better.  Announcing "The Stories Behind the Stars", see https://www.storiesbehindthestars.org. This crowd-sourced national project has the goal of compiling stories of all 400,000+ of the US World War II fallen in one free-to-access central database. We are going to need a lot of volunteers. Anyone visiting a war memorial or gravesite will be able to scan the name of the fallen with a smartphone and his story will appear on the phone.

Israel was born on August 26, 1920 in Detroit, Michigan. His parents, William Aronovitz and Zelda Sarah Morachnick were both born in Romania. His father worked as an auto manufacturing assembler and later as a peddler. Israel had 3 brothers, Abraham, Morris, and Harry. He had four sisters, Rose, Esther, Marion, and Dorothy. According to the 1940 federal census, Israel had an education to the first year of high school.

He enlisted in the US Marine Corps on June 15, 1942. According to Marine muster rolls, he was stationed in San Diego, California. In October 1943 he was assigned to the First Battalion, Tenth Marine Regiment, Second Marine Division. On October 17, 1943, he embarked on the USS Middleton from Wellington, New Zealand. The Second Marine Division sailed to Tarawa in the Gilbert Islands, where they fought from November 20-23. This action was later criticized as an unnecessary loss of life for an island of no strategic significance, as the Second Division incurred 3166 casualties in 76 hours. PFC Aronovitz earned a Silver Star for his actions on November 21, with this citation:

“The President of the United States of America takes pleasure in presenting the Silver Star to Private First Class Israel Aronovitz (MCSN: 404869), United States Marine Corps, for conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity in action against enemy Japanese forces while serving with the SECOND Marine Division on Tarawa Atoll,Gilbert Islands, on 21 November 1943. 

With utter disregard for his personal safety, he carried his pack howitzer forward to the limit of the beachhead, there assembled it under enemy fire. He destroyed by direct fire a pillbox sheltering an enemy anti-boat gun which was causing heavy casualties among reinforcements landing on the beach. The entire section remained in this exposed position under close sniper fire, until the mission had been accomplished. His heroic conduct was in keeping with the highest traditions of the United States Naval Service.”

In June 1944, the 10th Marines were assigned to take the island of Saipan in the Mariana Islands. The Japanese fleet relied on this base, which had an airfield, resupply ports and a large civilian population. On June 13, the US began bombarding the shore from fifteen battleships. Unfortunately, this bombardment, which was meant to take out shoreline defenses, missed many Japanese emplacements. On June 15, 1944, the landings on the western shore faced heavy fire, and the Second Marines took heavy losses. Aronovitz died in action that first day. The island wasn’t declared secured until July 9, with terrible civilian and military losses. This strategic position would help significantly in future US operations to bomb Japan.

His grave is at Hebrew Memorial Park in Clinton, Macomb County, Michigan.

Thank you, Israel Aronovitz, for your sacrifice. Let's Earn It for Israel.

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This profile was written by Marilyn N. Clark. "I have a long-standing interest in World War 2. My grandfather and numerous great-uncles served in that conflict. I have a BA in history from the University of Utah and have a lot of experience with volunteer genealogical research. It’s an honor to find and share information about these heroes that made such great sacrifices. Many thanks to Don for organizing this effort to share their stories.”

This is one of the final 10 stories (8) to be written as part of this project which ends on September 2, 2020, the 75th anniversary of the end of World War II. At that time more than 1,370 men and women will have been profiled. The project will live on in an expanded program to write the stories of all 400,000+ US World War II fallen. Visit www.storiesbehindthestars.org to learn more. We welcome your continued support and interest and encourage you to help write some of these stories.

Last year on this date I profiled Navy Cross hero Barney Sterling, 1st Marine Division. You can read about Barney here.

On behalf of the fallen, if you would like to see more people become aware of this project to honor the WW2 fallen, be sure to share with others on Twitter, Facebook, etc. Thanks for your interest!

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Sources:

Find a Grave https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/65292182/israel-aronovitz

Military headstone application https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&dbid=2375&h=976877&tid=&pid=&queryId=8f8cd2b5e7e79020f3551b100e844bc2&usePUB=true&_phsrc=uTN886&_phstart=successSource

Silver Star citation https://valor.militarytimes.com/hero/35137

USMC muster rolls for Aronovitz on ancestry.com, six in total

1940 Census https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&dbid=2442&h=83152654&tid=&pid=&queryId=8f8cd2b5e7e79020f3551b100e844bc2&usePUB=true&_phsrc=uTN889&_phstart=successSource

1930 Census https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?dbid=6224&h=11948477&indiv=try&o_vc=Record:OtherRecord&rhSource=60525

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/10th_Marine_Regiment

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Tarawa

https://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/battle-of-saipan

WW2 Guam Fallen - Thomas Dougherty, 3rd Marine Division

PFC Thomas Dougherty served with the 3rd Marine Division in the battle to retake Guam.
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/94433931/thomas-patrick-dougherty
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Guam_(1944)

Private First Class Thomas Patrick Dougherty, Jr. never had a chance to reach 100 years old today. Instead, he sacrificed his life for our freedom.

If you have enjoyed reading the stories of the WWII fallen, Can you help write some stories? It's a big project. The more help, the better.  Announcing "The Stories Behind the Stars", see https://www.storiesbehindthestars.org. This crowd-sourced national project has the goal of compiling stories of all 400,000+ of the US World War II fallen in one free-to-access central database. We are going to need a lot of volunteers. Anyone visiting a war memorial or gravesite will be able to scan the name of the fallen with a smartphone and his story will appear on the phone.

PFC Dougherty, a native of Baltimore, was killed in action at the age of 23 on July 22, 1944 during the invasion to retake Guam from the Japanese. He was serving with Company G., 2nd Battalion, 21st Marines, 3rd Marine Division.

He was born August 25, 1920 in Baltimore, the only child of Thomas Patrick Dougherty, Sr., and Edna M. Cole Dougherty. His father, who served in World War I and was slightly wounded, was employed at the Maryland State Penitentiary. His parents separated when he was young, and at the time of the 1930 census, when he was nine, he was living with his mother and maternal grandmother. His mother was a saleslady in a clothing store in 1930. In the 1940 census she is a machine operator at a clothing manufacturing plant, and Thomas was a salesman of electrical supplies. 

He attended Forest Park High School in Baltimore. His draft registration in February 1942 shows him employed as a dispatcher with the Pennsylvania Railroad and married to Audrey Elizabeth Dougherty. They were married between 1940 and 1942. He enlisted on September 22, 1942 and went overseas in February 1943.  

Japanese forces had overrun the American garrison on Guam December 8-10, 1941, the first three days after Pearl Harbor. The 1944 battle to recapture Guam was one of the bloodiest engagements of the Allied “island hopping” campaign. The invasion was preceded by three days of naval and air bombardment from 274 ships and 13 aircraft carriers. PFC Dougherty’s unit, the 3rd Marine Division, killed an estimated 5,000 Japanese and sustained 677 Marines killed, 3,626 wounded, and nine missing. He was killed on the second day of the three-week battle.

He was initially buried on Guam, and his remains were repatriated in 1948. He is interred at the Parkwood Cemetery and Mausoleum in Baltimore. His mother passed away in 1973.

Thank you, PFC Thomas Patrick Dougherty for your sacrifice. Let's Earn It for Thomas.

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This profile was written by John F. Schlatter. “I’m from Knoxville, Tennessee and a retired corporate public relations manager, living in Las Vegas. I served as an active duty and reserve Army officer 1974-82. I’ve written two books about veterans. One tells the stories of WWII veterans through postcards they wrote to the folks back home, and the other honors about 50 of the 168 Americans who died in Vietnam on the Fourth of July. I’ve also been a volunteer in the effort to find photographs of all 58,000 Americans who died in Vietnam. Researching and writing the stories of those who died to preserve freedom has gone from a hobby to a passion for me. If we don’t honor and remember, who will?”

This is one of the final 50 stories (9) to be written as part of this project which ends on September 2, 2020, the 75th anniversary of the end of World War II. At that time more than 1,370 men and women will have been profiled. The project will live on in an expanded program to write the stories of all 400,000+ US World War II fallen. Visit www.storiesbehindthestars.org to learn more. We welcome your continued support and interest and encourage you to help write some of these stories.

Last year on this date I profiled B-17 radio operator Archie Snoddy. You can read about Archie here.

On behalf of the fallen, if you would like to see more people become aware of this project to honor the WW2 fallen, be sure to share with others on Twitter, Facebook, etc. Thanks for your interest!

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References:

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/94433931/thomas-patrick-dougherty

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Guam_(1944)#Battle

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/3rd_Marine_Division#World_War_II

WW2 D-Day Fallen - Bronze Star hero Roy Krenke, 1st Infantry Division

https://www.pinterest.com/pin/502362533416923581/

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/149841062/roy-r-krenke

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1st_Infantry_Division_(United_States)

Roy Richard Krenke never had a chance to reach 100 years old today. Instead, he sacrificed his life for our freedom.

If you have enjoyed reading the stories of the WWII fallen, Can you help write some stories? It's a big project. The more help, the better.  Announcing "The Stories Behind the Stars", see https://www.storiesbehindthestars.org. This crowd-sourced national project has the goal of compiling stories of all 400,000+ of the US World War II fallen in one free-to-access central database. We are going to need a lot of volunteers. Anyone visiting a war memorial or gravesite will be able to scan the name of the fallen with a smartphone and his story will appear on the phone.

Roy was born August 24, 1920 in Two Rivers, Wisconsin. His parents Richard Edward Krenke and Ida C. (Horn) Krenke were born in Nebraska and Wisconsin, respectively. His father worked as a cabinet maker. Roy had a younger sister, Carol, eight years his junior. Roy graduated from Washington High School in Two Rivers, and attended the University of Wisconsin for three years, majoring in economics.

He was inducted into the US Army on 24 Oct 1942 at Milwaukee, Wisconsin and completed basic training at Camp Wolters, Texas. He served as a private in the 16th Infantry Regiment, 1st Infantry Division (“The Big Red One”). The 1st ID departed the States in April 1942 to join a large contingent of US troops slated for participation in Operation Torch, the invasion of North Africa. Private Krenke likely joined the 16th IR in North Africa as a replacement some time in 1943. 

After the North African campaign, the 1st ID next took part in Operation Husky, the invasion of Sicily, with an amphibious landing on 10 July 1943. After Sicily was captured in August 1943, the division returned to England, where it endured seven months of grueling training in preparation for the Allied invasion of Europe. 

On 6 June 1944 the 16th IR was part of the first wave that went ashore at Omaha Beach in Normandy. As their landing craft approached the beach and dropped their ramps, the soldiers were targeted by German machine gunners atop the bluff that commanded the beach. Many soldiers were killed or wounded while they attempted to get out of the boats, others were hit as they struggled through the surf or tried to run across the sand weighted down with water-logged equipment. Those that made it to the base of the bluff found the area mined and criss-crossed with concertina wire. Colonel George A. Taylor, the commander of the 16th Infantry Regiment, urged his troops to get off the beach, yelling "The only men who remain on this beach are the dead and those who are about to die! Let's get moving!". Sadly, Private Krenke was one of those left behind on the beach as he was killed in action at some point coming ashore.

Private Krenke was posthumously awarded the Bronze Star for "heroic achievement in connection with military operations against the enemy in the vicinity of Gela, Sicily, July 10, 1943".

Roy Richard Krenke was initially buried in France and in 1947 was reinterred in Forest View Cemetery in his hometown of Two Rivers, Wisconsin.

Thank you Private Krenke for your sacrifice. Let's Earn It for Roy.

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This profile was written by Bob Fuerst. "I’m a NASA engineer, B-17 Flying Fortress enthusiast, and amateur genealogist so this kind of research is an ideal outlet for me. But more than anything, it’s a way to express my sincere appreciation for The Greatest Generation and the sacrifices that they made, especially those who made the ultimate sacrifice. They should never be forgotten and I’m grateful to Don for allowing me to play a small part in honoring them." 

This is one of the final 50 stories (10) to be written as part of this project which ends on September 2, 2020, the 75th anniversary of the end of World War II. At that time more than 1,370 men and women will have been profiled. The project will live on in an expanded program to write the stories of all 400,000+ US World War II fallen. Visit www.storiesbehindthestars.org to learn more. We welcome your continued support and interest and encourage you to help write some of these stories.

Last year on this date I profiled Silver Star hero Charles Murphy of the 7th Infantry Division. You can read about Charles here.

On behalf of the fallen, if you would like to see more people become aware of this project to honor the WW2 fallen, be sure to share with others on Twitter, Facebook, etc. Thanks for your interest!

I created this video to explain why I started this project: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vXt8QA481lY.

 

Follow on Twitter @ww2fallen100

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WW2 Fallen 100 is supported by

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