<Tr> <Th> Other work </Th> <Td> Oil and gas lease broker </Td> </Tr> <P> Corporal Walter Scott Gordon Jr. (15 April 1920--19 April 1997) was a non-commissioned officer with Easy Company, 2nd Battalion, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, in the 101st Airborne Division of the United States Army during World War II . </P> <P> Gordon was portrayed in the HBO miniseries Band of Brothers by Ben Caplan . He was featured in the 2010 book A Company of Heroes: Personal Memories about the Real Band of Brothers and the Legacy They Left Us . </P> <P> Walter Scott "Smokey" Gordon was born in Jackson, Mississippi . He enrolled at Millsaps College around 1940, attending there for 2 years . </P>

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