Austin Daily Herald
May 28, 2017
Austin’s last WWII combat death: Yeoman 1st Class Archie Ray Norton
Born March 23, 1923, in Austin, Archie Ray Norton graduated from Austin High School in 1941. He worked at the George A. Hormel Food Company before enlisting in the U.S. Navy on Sept. 29, 1942.
After training in Illinois, California and New Caledonia, Norton saw service in the South Pacific, rising to the rank of yeoman first class. He would see three deployments to the Pacific, the third coming on June 26, 1945, aboard the attack transport USS La Grange.
On Aug.13, 1945, while off the coast of Okinawa, the USS La Grange was struck by a Japanese kamikaze plane armed with a 500-pound bomb. Norton and 20 other sailors were killed in the attack.
Japan surrendered the next day.
May 28, 2017
Austin’s last WWII combat death: Yeoman 1st Class Archie Ray Norton
Born March 23, 1923, in Austin, Archie Ray Norton graduated from Austin High School in 1941. He worked at the George A. Hormel Food Company before enlisting in the U.S. Navy on Sept. 29, 1942.
After training in Illinois, California and New Caledonia, Norton saw service in the South Pacific, rising to the rank of yeoman first class. He would see three deployments to the Pacific, the third coming on June 26, 1945, aboard the attack transport USS La Grange.
On Aug.13, 1945, while off the coast of Okinawa, the USS La Grange was struck by a Japanese kamikaze plane armed with a 500-pound bomb. Norton and 20 other sailors were killed in the attack.
Japan surrendered the next day.
Austin Daily Herald
May 28, 2017
Austin’s last WWII combat death: Yeoman 1st Class Archie Ray Norton
Born March 23, 1923, in Austin, Archie Ray Norton graduated from Austin High School in 1941. He worked at the George A. Hormel Food Company before enlisting in the U.S. Navy on Sept. 29, 1942.
After training in Illinois, California and New Caledonia, Norton saw service in the South Pacific, rising to the rank of yeoman first class. He would see three deployments to the Pacific, the third coming on June 26, 1945, aboard the attack transport USS La Grange.
On Aug.13, 1945, while off the coast of Okinawa, the USS La Grange was struck by a Japanese kamikaze plane armed with a 500-pound bomb. Norton and 20 other sailors were killed in the attack.
Japan surrendered the next day.
May 28, 2017
Austin’s last WWII combat death: Yeoman 1st Class Archie Ray Norton
Born March 23, 1923, in Austin, Archie Ray Norton graduated from Austin High School in 1941. He worked at the George A. Hormel Food Company before enlisting in the U.S. Navy on Sept. 29, 1942.
After training in Illinois, California and New Caledonia, Norton saw service in the South Pacific, rising to the rank of yeoman first class. He would see three deployments to the Pacific, the third coming on June 26, 1945, aboard the attack transport USS La Grange.
On Aug.13, 1945, while off the coast of Okinawa, the USS La Grange was struck by a Japanese kamikaze plane armed with a 500-pound bomb. Norton and 20 other sailors were killed in the attack.
Japan surrendered the next day.
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