John J. Gorman
Service Record
- Rank: Corporal, U.S. Army
- Serial: 32752717
- Unit: Company C, 18th Infantry Regiment, 1st Infantry Division
- Entered service from: New Jersey
- Died: October 2, 1944
- Burial: New St. Mary's Cemetery, 515 West Browning Road, Bellmawr, NJ 08031
- Awards: Purple Heart
Corporal John J. Gorman was the son of John A. and Mary Gorman, of 1040 North 19th Street, in the Cramer Hill section of Camden, NJ. He had attended Camden High School, and worked at the Penn-Jersey Shipyard prior to being inducted into the United States Army in March of 1943. He trained at Fort Meade, MD and Fort Bragg, NC prior to being sent overseas in July of 1944. He joined the 18th Infantry Regiment, 1st Infantry Division as a replacement.
Corporal Gorman was killed in action during the siege of Aachen, Germany on October 2, 1944, at the age of 22. His death was reported in the October 28, 1944 edition of the Camden Courier-Post. A Mass was said for him at St. Joseph Catholic Church, on Westfield Avenue in Camden, NJ on October 31, 1944.
John Gorman was brought home aboard the USAT Joseph V. Connolly, arriving October 27, 1947. He was buried at New St. Mary's Cemetery in Bellmawr, NJ in November of that year, where he now rests next to his parents and brother Paul Gorman.
Grave
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19th Street
Nineteenth Street runs from the Pavonia railroad switching yards across River Avenue north to Harrison Avenue in the Cramer Hill section of Camden, New Jersey.
Cpl. J.J. Gorman Rites Thursday
Camden Courier-Post notice of the solemn requiem Mass for Corporal John J. Gorman of 1040 North Nineteenth Street, killed at Aachen, Germany, held at St. Anthony of Padua Church in November 1947.