Sterling, Gordon Herbert, Jr., 2nd Lt

Fallen

Service Photo

Service Details

Last Rank
Second Lieutenant

Last Primary AFSC/MOS
AAF MOS 1055-Pilot, Single-Engine Fighter

Last AFSC Group
Pilot (Officer)

Primary Unit
1941-1941, AAF MOS 1055, 15th Pursuit Group, Fighter

Service Years
1940 - 1941

Last Photo

Personal Details

Home State

New York

Year of Birth
1919

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Casualty Info

Home Town Ilion/Syracuse, New York	Last Address Wheeler Field, Oahu, Territory of Hawaii

Casualty Date Dec 07, 1941
Cause MIA-Finding of Death	Reason Air Loss, Crash - Sea
Location Hawaii	Conflict World War II
Location of Interment Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial - Honolulu, Hawaii	Wall/Plot Coordinates Court 5

Official Badges

Unofficial Badges

Military Associations and Other Affiliations


	1941, Pearl Harbor Memorial
	1941, World War II Fallen
	2021, Stories Behind The Stars, New York (Fallen Member (Honor Roll)) (New York) - Chap. Page
	2021, The National Gold Star Family Registry

1941-1941, AAF MOS 1055, 15th Pursuit Group, Fighter

From Month/Year - / 1941	To Month/Year December / 1941
Unit 15th Pursuit Group, Fighter Unit Page
Rank Second Lieutenant	AFSC/MOS AAF MOS 1055-Pilot, Single-Engine Fighter
Base, Station or City Wheeler Field, Oahu, T.H.	State/Country Hawaii

Patch	15th Pursuit Group, Fighter Details

	Type Fighter
	Parent Unit Pursuit Units	Strength Group
	Created/Owned By Not Specified

Last Updated: Dec 10, 2019

Yearbook

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12 Members Also There at Same Time

15th Pursuit Group, Fighter

Sanders, Lewis Morgan, Col, (1936-1950)	A23	AAF MOS 1055	First Lieutenant
Dains, John Leroy, 2nd Lt, (1940-1941)	A23	AAF MOS 1055	Second Lieutenant
Rasmussen, Philip Martin, Lt Col, (1940-1965)	A23	AAF MOS 1055	Second Lieutenant
Burns, Edward J., 1stSgt, (1938-1941)	00		First Sergeant
Shattuck, Robert, Pvt, (1940-1941)			Private
Brown, Harry Winston, Lt Col, (1941-1948)			Second Lieutenant
Taylor, Kenneth Marlar, Brig Gen, (1936-1971)			Second Lieutenant
Cashen, Malachy James, Cpl, (1940-1941)			Corporal
Chambers, Eugene, PFC, (1940-1941)			Private First Class
Schott, Robert, PFC, (1940-1941)			Private First Class
Vidoloff, Russell, Pvt, (1940-1941)			Private
Walker, Lumus, Pvt, (1940-1941)			Private