Background
NORTON, Elliott M. was born on June 2, 1872 in Grand Rapids, Michigan, United States. Son of Elliott M. and Lucy (Bennett) Norton.
NORTON, Elliott M. was born on June 2, 1872 in Grand Rapids, Michigan, United States. Son of Elliott M. and Lucy (Bennett) Norton.
Army School of the Line, 1916. Infantry. School, Adv. Course, 1923; General Staff, 1929.
Second Lieutenant United States Army, Sixth Infantry., 1900. First Lieutenant, Eighth Infantry., 1904. Captain 20 Infantry., 1913.
Major Fifth Division., 1917. Lieutenant Colonel Sixth Infantry., 1918. Colonel United States Army, 1918.
Served in Spanish- American War. Philippine Insurrection. Mexican Border Campaign.
World War; commanded Sixth Infantry., Fifth Division. at Frapelle. Served in St. Mihiel, Argonne Campaign.
Member: American Legion. Military Order of Foreign Wars. Army and Navy Legion of Valor.
Spouse Bertha Leonora Tipton, April 6, 1904, Elisabethton, Tennessee.