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Personal info

Full name
ORRIS, Verle Sylvester
Date of birth
12 September 1918
Age
26
Place of birth
Portage, Columbia County, Wisconsin
Hometown
Madison, Dane County, Wisconsin

Military service

Service number
36282579
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
101st Infantry Regiment,
26th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
26 March 1945
Place of death
Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
A 4 32

Immediate family

Members
Sylvester Orris (father)
Edward R. Parkin (stepfather)
Dorothy C. (Denzien) Parkin (mother)
Kenneth D. Parkin (halfbrother)
Barbara J. (Learmonth) Orris (wife)

More information

Pvt Verle S. Orris' mother remarried with Edward Parkin when Verle was at an early age and since then was known as Verle Parkin.

He graduated from Portage High School in 1938 and was employed by Oscar Mayer and Co..

He enlisted in Milwaukee, Wisconsin on 12 November 1942.
Pvt Orris was taken prisoner on 25 January 1945. The exact circumstances of his death are unknown.

The bottom picture was taken in high school in 1938

Source of information: Danny van der Groen, Astrid van Erp, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - U.S. Social Security Death Index / Headstone and Interment Record / Family Trees, The Capital Times 18 April 1945

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, Portage High School Yearbook 1938, The Capital Times 18 April 1945