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Personal info

Full name
ODIORNE, John Walter Jr
Date of birth
26 January 1912
Age
32
Place of birth
South Carolina
Hometown
Clarendon County, South Carolina

Military service

Service number
O-310086
Rank
First Lieutenant
Function
unknown
Unit
60th Infantry Regiment,
9th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
27 July 1944
Place of death
Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
A 24 28

Immediate family

Members
John W. Odiorne Sr. (father)
Hariette T. (Harvin) Odiorne (mother)
Kate G. Odiorne (sister)
Richard L. Odiorne (brother)
Mary L. (Keels) Odiorne (wife)
John W. Odiorne (son)

More information

1st Lt John W. Odiorne Jr. enlisted in Fort Jackson Columbia, South Carolina on 25 May 1942.

He attended high school for 4 years and was a teacher before he enlisted.

Lt Odiorne was reported missing in action in France since 19 July 1944.

He was first buried at Temporary American Military Cemetery Solers, France.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.findagrave.com - Robin Pellicci Moore / Donna McPherson, www.wwiimemorial.com - Walter H. Odiorne, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record / World War II Prisoners of War Data File, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Maynard Family Tree, www.newspapers.com - Florence Morning News South Carolina, 1944
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Andy, www.ancestry.com - U.S. School Yearbooks Clinton South Carolina