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World War II Honoree

Killed in World War II

Walter Stanley Gorka

Branch of Service

U.S. Navy

Hometown

Windsor Locks, Connecticut

Honored By

John Peterson

Branch Seal
Activity During WWII

ON 10 NOVEMBER 1942, HE WENT ON AN ATTACK MISSION AGAINST A FRENCH SUBMARINE, HIS PLANE WAS SHOT DOWN, AND HE WAS KILLED. FOR HIS PERFORMANCE OF DUTY WITH ESCORT SCOUTING SQUADRON 27 DURING OPERATION TORCH, HE RECEIVED THE AIR MEDAL POSTHUMOUSLY. THE U.S. NAVY DESTROYER ESCORT USS WALTER S. GORKA DE-604 WAS NAMED FOR HIM.