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Personal info

Full name
ORNDORFF, Verlyn F
Date of birth
8 September 1921
Age
23
Place of birth
Middlesex County, New Jersey
Hometown
South Amboy, Middlesex County, New Jersey

Military service

Service number
20224997
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
C Company,
1st Battalion,
324th Infantry Regiment,
44th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
26 November 1944
Place of death
Rauwiller, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
B 6 52

Immediate family

Members
Frank Orndorff (father)
Blanche (Bunting) Orndorff (mother)
Virginia B. Orndorff (sister)
Henry Orndorff (brother)
Warren Orndorff (brother)

More information

Pfc Verlyn F. Orndorff was a baker before he joined the National Guard in Elizabeth, New Jersey on 16 September 1940.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1930/1940 Census / Nicholson Family Tree, www.findagrave.com
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Andy