Timeline
Birth- Sept 9, 1922
Brockton Massachusetts
1939 - 1945World War II- Age: 22 years
Service Number
2030225
Rank
Aviation Ordnanceman, Second Class, U.S. Navy
Regiment
United States Naval Reserve
Awards
Purple Heart
Conflict Period
World War II
Served For
United States of America
Gold Star
Aircraft Assignment
TBF/TBM Avenger "gunner" - manned 50 caliber turret ball gun
Stationed- 1943
Alameda, San Diego, Hilo & Kaneohe Hawaii
USS Yorktown (CV-10)
Torpedo Squadron One (VT-1)
Casualty- Jun 15, 1944-Age: 22 years
Aircraft shot down by Japanese AA
Ditching just south of Chichi Jima
Death- Jan 19, 1946-Age: 23 years
Death
19-Jan-46
MIA near Chichi Jima 15 June 1944 (1946 not the actual date of death)
Burial
Missing in Action or Buried at Sea Tablets of the Missing at Honolulu Memorial Honolulu, Hawaii
Honolulu, Hawaii
Tablets of the Missing at Honolulu Memorial
Memorial Location
Missing in Action or Buried at Sea
Other Facts
State Of Residence
Massachusetts
Full Name
Alfred P Normandin
Mother
Dora Normandin
Also Known As
"Armor Piercing", "Freddy"
Father
Alfred Henry Normandin
Full Name
Alfred Philip Normandin