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Personal info

Full name
STOUT, Ora Franklin
Date of birth
23 September 1923
Age
21
Place of birth
Nappanee, Elkhart County, Indiana
Hometown
Nappanee, Elkhart County, Indiana

Military service

Service number
35549762
Rank
Private
Function
Ammunition Handler
Unit
E Company,
2nd Battalion,
116th Infantry Regiment,
29th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
22 November 1944
Place of death
Koslar, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
E 8 7

Immediate family

Members
Otto F. Franklin Stout (father)
Bessie V. (Robinson) Stout (mother)
Virgil Stout (brother)
Amber Stout (sister)
Lester Stout (brother)
Romayna Stout (sister)

More information

Private Ora F. Stout graduated from Nappanee High School in 1942 and was employed at the B & B Cafe.

He enlisted on 12 March 1943 at Camp Perry, Ohio.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, Terry Hirsch www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - 1930 Census / WWII Draft Card

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, Nappanee High School Yearbook 1942