Date of birth:

December 27th, 1922 (Ensley/Alabama, United States)

Date of death:

February 24th, 2012

Nationality:

American (1776 - present, Republic)

Unit of Service:153rd Liaison Squadron, 9th Air Force Division

Location of Service:Normandy, France; Europe; Ardennes; Rhineland; Northern France; Central Europe; Germany; Belgium

Battles/Campaigns: Operation Overlord (D-Day Normandy Invasion) +11,
Battle of the Bulge, ardennes, crossing of the Rhynn, Others

Highest Rank: Corporal

Prisoner of War: No

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Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Rank:

Corporal

Unit:

153rd Liaison Squadron, 9th Air Division, U.S. Army Air Forces

Horton was near a bomb while on guard duty and blown on his belly 150 feet back into a building where he was found unconscious with concussion and sustaining a permanent jaw injury. He also captured three German soldiers and transported them back to his station. He also was a provider of food, guns and ammunition; transported by him to the men in his squad, and to the men on front lines. This service was done with his gun and his slingshot which he made to use when he couldn't use his gun.

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Rank:

Corporal

Unit:

153rd Liaison Squadron, 9th Air Division, U.S. Army Air Forces

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Entitled, but not received

• - Veterans History Project (Library of Congress)
  - Family Trees - Ancestry.com