Individual Details

Norman Lee "Goob" Doerges

(1 Mar 1917 - 6 Jun 1944)

Events

Birth1 Mar 1917St. Louis, St. Louis, MO
MarriageAbt 1940Laura F. Drumm
Enlistment24 Feb 1941National Guard,
Death6 Jun 1944in action on D-Day in World War II
Military 82nd Airborn Division (glider troops), 2nd Lt. 319 Field Artillery Battalion
BurialNormandy American Cemetery and Memorial, Block C, Row 1, Grave 3, Colleville-sur-Mer, Departement du Calvados, Basse-Normandt, St. Laurent, France
Educationgraduate - Greeley High School, Greeley, Weld, CO
Educationstudied electrical engineering - Colorado State College, Fort Collins, Arapahoe, CO
Occupationelectrician - Shyrock Electric, Greeley, Weld, CO

Families

SpouseLaura F. Drumm ( - )
ChildNorman Lee Doerges Jr. (1943 - )
FatherRobert Frederick Doerges Sr. (1890 - )
MotherMary Isabell Heckman (1892 - )
SiblingRobert Frederick Doerges Jr. (1913 - 1995)
SiblingMarianna Doerges (1915 - )
SiblingLiving
SiblingVirginia E. Doerges (1929 - )

Notes

Enlistment

Enlisted as a Sergeant. Listed his occupation as electrician with one year of college.

Military

Norman Doerges received a posthumous Purple Heart.