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Personal info

Full name
BORGER, Orvis Lorain
Date of birth
2 June 1924
Age
20
Place of birth
Moshannon, Centre County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Moshannon, Centre County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
33761609
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
A Company,
1st Battalion,
346th Infantry Regiment,
87th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
27 March 1945
Place of death
Heringen, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
A 34 37

Immediate family

Members
Orvis B. Borger (father)
Loretta L. (Yeager) Borger (mother)
Harry D. Borger (brother)

More information

Pfc Orvis L. Borger attended high school for four years before he enlisted in Altoona, Pennsylvania on 12 June 1943 and went overseas on 3 January 1944.
He is remembered at the Centre County Memorial Park in State College, Centre County, Pennsylvania.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Flock Family Tree, http://87thinfantrydivision.com
Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Steven Wagner / William Cunningham