Private First Class Norman Warren Mortensen | UW Gold Star Honor Roll
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Norman Warren Mortensen

Graduating Class of 1942
Served in World War II
Attached photograph of Private First Class Mortensen

Private First Class
Norman Warren Mortensen

Marine Corps

Hometown

Camp Douglas, WI

Date of Birth

Location of Death

Makin, Gilbert Islands, Kiribati

Date of Death

Location of Burial

Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA

More About Private First Class Mortensen

Private First Class Mortensen was shot by Japanese forces at a seaplane base at Makin Atoll Island in the South Pacific on August 17, 1942. His body was located in December, 1999 and he is now memorialized at the Courts of the Missing, Honolulu Memorial in Honolulu, HI.