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Personal info

Full name
WAREHAM, Orson
Date of birth
9 February 1921
Age
24
Place of birth
Ferron, Emery County, Utah
Hometown
Mesa County, Colorado

Military service

Service number
37351412
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
C Company,
1st Battalion,
16th Infantry Regiment,
1st Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
8 April 1945
Place of death
The crossing of the Weser River in the vicinity of Lauenförde, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
K 9 12

Immediate family

Members
Hartley O. Wareham (father)
Lacoran (Wrigley) Wareham (mother)
Grace Wareham (sister)
Nylpha Wareham (sister)
Alice Wareham (sister)
Clyde Wareham (brother)
Lynn Wareham (brother)
Ted Wareham (brother)
Bobby Wareham (brother)

More information

Pfc Orson Wareham graduated from South Emery High School.

He enlisted in Pueblo, Colorado on 6 August 1942 and trained at Camp Barkeley, Texas.

He was noted as being a general farmer.

Source of information: FOHF, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Frederick Olson Family Tree, www.16thinfantry.com, www.newspapers.com - The Salt Lake Tribune, www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, Patrick Wouters (via family)