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Personal info

Full name
ORSON, Louis Henry
Date of birth
8 March 1921
Age
23
Place of birth
Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio
Hometown
Billings, Yellowstone County, Montana

Military service

Service number
39621782
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
11th Infantry Regiment,
5th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
9 September 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Dornot, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
A 29 64

Immediate family

Members
Louis H. Orson (father)
Sarah M. (Saunders) Orson (mother)
Glenn Orson (brother)
Ruby A. (Lyne) Orson (wife)
Sarah J. Orson (daughter)
Eric Orson (son)

More information

Pvt Orson enlisted in January 1944 and was sent overseas in August 1944.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery of Champigneul, France.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com – 1920 Census / Headstone and Interment Record / Northern Pacific Railway Company Personnel File, A footsoldier for Patton / Michael C. Bilder James G. Bilder, The 5th Infantry Division in the ETO, www.newspapers.com - The Chronicle-Telegram

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Andy