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Personal info

Full name
ORMSBY, Rollin Leslie Jr
Date of birth
10 January 1923
Age
22
Place of birth
Conewango, Chautauqua County, New York
Hometown
Conewango, Chautauqua County, New York

Military service

Service number
42117147
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
315th Infantry Regiment,
79th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
10 January 1945
Place of death
Rittershoffen, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
B 26 17

Immediate family

Members
Rollin L. Ormsby (father)
Ruth R. (Roberts) Ormsby (mother)
Viola M. Ormsby (sister)
Laurence Ormsby (brother)
Margaret L. Ormsby (sister)
Lillian M. Ormsby (sister)
Myrtie B. Ormsby (sister)
Leo B. Ormsby (brother)
Dorothy E. Ormsby (sister)

More information

Pfc Rollin L. Ormsby Jr. attended high school for two years and worked on a farm before he enlisted at Fort Dix, New Jersey on 21 April 1944.

He is also remembered at the Sunset Hill Cemetery in Lakewood, Chautauqua County, New York.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / Sl Simpson Family Tree, Combat History 79th Infantry Division, www.findagrave.com - Shane O / Daniel and Audrey Briggs / Kathy Sloan
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Andy / Daniel and Audrey Briggs