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Horton, Oliver Martin

Date of birth:
December 9th, 1912 (Raleigh Wake County/North Carolina, United States)
Date of death:
October 5th, 1944 (Opheusden/Gelderland, Netherlands)
Buried on:
Netherlands American Cemetery and Memorial
Plot: G. Row: 1. Grave: 11.
Nationality:
American (1776 - present, Republic)

Biography

Major Oliver M. Horton was fatally wounded in the morning of 5th October 1944 by German mortar fire while walking along the railroad tracks near the Linge Canal at the south end of the town Opheusden. Major Oliver M. Horton is buried at Netherlands American Cemetery and Memorial Margraten/Limburg, Netherlands. Plot: G, Row: 1, Grave: 11.

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Sources

  • - Rapport, L., Northwood Jr., A, Rendezvous with Destiny – A History of the 101st Airborne Division, The Battery Press, Nashville, USA, 2000 (reprint of the original 1948 edition not the later 1965 second edition)
    - Bando, M., 101st Airborne: The Screaming Eagles in World War II, Zenith Press, St. Paul/Minnesota, USA, 2007
    - Koskimaki, G.E., Hell’s Highway – De 101e Airborne Divisie tijdens operatie Market Garden (deel 2), Kempen Pers, Hapert, Nederland, 1991 (Nederlandse vertaling)
    - marketgarden.com
    - ww2-airborne.us

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