Vern was an infantry and machine gunner and rifleman. He enlisted in the Army in December, 1941. He received training at Ft. Lewis Washington, and several camps in California. He was sent overseas to Fiji on 11 June 1942, and entered combat on 5 July 1943. Vern was killed 23 February 1944, while in active duty for his country on the Bougainville Island, North Solomons, Papua New Guinea.
Vern's actual burial is 05/02/1979
Son of Samuel Arthur Gordon and Harriet Louise Meikle
Married Rayola Smith, 3 May 1933, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah
Service History
U.S. Army, 37th Infantry Division, 148th Infantry Regiment
1942, Dec 19 - Inducted and sworn into the Army.
1942, Dec 26 - Leave Salt Lake city for Camp Roberts, California
1943, Jan 2 - Arrive at Camp Roberts, California for 13 weeks training.
1943, July 20 - Arrived at Fort Lewis, Washington for Advanced Training.
Assigned to: 37th Infantry Division, 148th Infantry Regiment
1943, Aug 19 - Moved to Pittsbury Depot, Calif. Near San Francisco
1943, Nov. 9 - 37th Landed on Bougainville
1944, Feb. 23 - Vern killed on Bougainville Island
1944, March 12 - Burial at Draper, Utah
Biography of William Vernon Gordon
Vern's actual burial is 05/02/1979
Son of Samuel Arthur Gordon and Harriet Louise Meikle
Married Rayola Smith, 3 May 1933, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah
Service History
U.S. Army, 37th Infantry Division, 148th Infantry Regiment
1942, Dec 19 - Inducted and sworn into the Army.
1942, Dec 26 - Leave Salt Lake city for Camp Roberts, California
1943, Jan 2 - Arrive at Camp Roberts, California for 13 weeks training.
1943, July 20 - Arrived at Fort Lewis, Washington for Advanced Training.
Assigned to: 37th Infantry Division, 148th Infantry Regiment
1943, Aug 19 - Moved to Pittsbury Depot, Calif. Near San Francisco
1943, Nov. 9 - 37th Landed on Bougainville
1944, Feb. 23 - Vern killed on Bougainville Island
1944, March 12 - Burial at Draper, Utah
Biography of William Vernon Gordon
Vern was an infantry and machine gunner and rifleman. He enlisted in the Army in December, 1941. He received training at Ft. Lewis Washington, and several camps in California. He was sent overseas to Fiji on 11 June 1942, and entered combat on 5 July 1943. Vern was killed 23 February 1944, while in active duty for his country on the Bougainville Island, North Solomons, Papua New Guinea.
Vern's actual burial is 05/02/1979
Son of Samuel Arthur Gordon and Harriet Louise Meikle
Married Rayola Smith, 3 May 1933, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah
Service History
U.S. Army, 37th Infantry Division, 148th Infantry Regiment
1942, Dec 19 - Inducted and sworn into the Army.
1942, Dec 26 - Leave Salt Lake city for Camp Roberts, California
1943, Jan 2 - Arrive at Camp Roberts, California for 13 weeks training.
1943, July 20 - Arrived at Fort Lewis, Washington for Advanced Training.
Assigned to: 37th Infantry Division, 148th Infantry Regiment
1943, Aug 19 - Moved to Pittsbury Depot, Calif. Near San Francisco
1943, Nov. 9 - 37th Landed on Bougainville
1944, Feb. 23 - Vern killed on Bougainville Island
1944, March 12 - Burial at Draper, Utah
Biography of William Vernon Gordon
Vern's actual burial is 05/02/1979
Son of Samuel Arthur Gordon and Harriet Louise Meikle
Married Rayola Smith, 3 May 1933, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah
Service History
U.S. Army, 37th Infantry Division, 148th Infantry Regiment
1942, Dec 19 - Inducted and sworn into the Army.
1942, Dec 26 - Leave Salt Lake city for Camp Roberts, California
1943, Jan 2 - Arrive at Camp Roberts, California for 13 weeks training.
1943, July 20 - Arrived at Fort Lewis, Washington for Advanced Training.
Assigned to: 37th Infantry Division, 148th Infantry Regiment
1943, Aug 19 - Moved to Pittsbury Depot, Calif. Near San Francisco
1943, Nov. 9 - 37th Landed on Bougainville
1944, Feb. 23 - Vern killed on Bougainville Island
1944, March 12 - Burial at Draper, Utah
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