Exact cemetery unknown.
Flowers left for William Brotherton
Pilot, 147th Aero Squadron, Air service, A.E.F.
Citation: The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to William E Brotherton, Second Leutenant, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Fers-en-Tardenois, France, on August 1, 1918. An enemy Rumpler plane being reported over the airdrome, Lieutenant Brotherton, with another officer, ascended and soon uncounted six Fokker planes that were protecting another Fokker serving as a decoy. Disregarding the enemy's superiority in number, he maneuvered so as to secure the advantage of the sun and dived on the decoy plane; pouring in air destructive fire, he killed the pilot and crashed the machine to the ground. General Orders 7, W.D. 1919. Hometown: Chicago, Illinois
- Paula J
Added: Apr. 16, 2005
Jan 8, 2013 - jenzroots advised burial in Drummer Twp., Cemetery in Ford Co., IL. There are a few other Brothertons listed there and I have added their memorials to the cemetery. :-)
Per family tree posted to ancestry.com he was the son of
Campbell G. Brotherton 1865 – 1952
Addie Lee Miner 1868 – 1902
Exact cemetery unknown.
Flowers left for William Brotherton
Pilot, 147th Aero Squadron, Air service, A.E.F.
Citation: The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to William E Brotherton, Second Leutenant, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Fers-en-Tardenois, France, on August 1, 1918. An enemy Rumpler plane being reported over the airdrome, Lieutenant Brotherton, with another officer, ascended and soon uncounted six Fokker planes that were protecting another Fokker serving as a decoy. Disregarding the enemy's superiority in number, he maneuvered so as to secure the advantage of the sun and dived on the decoy plane; pouring in air destructive fire, he killed the pilot and crashed the machine to the ground. General Orders 7, W.D. 1919. Hometown: Chicago, Illinois
- Paula J
Added: Apr. 16, 2005
Jan 8, 2013 - jenzroots advised burial in Drummer Twp., Cemetery in Ford Co., IL. There are a few other Brothertons listed there and I have added their memorials to the cemetery. :-)
Per family tree posted to ancestry.com he was the son of
Campbell G. Brotherton 1865 – 1952
Addie Lee Miner 1868 – 1902
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