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Personal info

Full name
ELLEGARD, Orville Thelma
Date of birth
8 January 1919
Age
25
Place of birth
Hayward, Freeborn County, Minnesota
Hometown
Hayward, Freeborn County, Minnesota

Military service

Service number
37196881
Rank
Staff Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
11th Infantry Regiment,
5th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
18 November 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Metz, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
B 9 50

Immediate family

Members
Edwin Ellegard (father)
Elvira (Wangen) Ellegard (mother)
Vernon Ellegard (brother)

More information

S/Sgt Orville T. Ellegard was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery of Limey, France.

He is remembered at the Oakland Lutheran and Trondhjem Cemetery in Oakland, Freeborn.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com – 1920/1930/1940 Census, Headstone and Interment Record 1942-1949 / Minnesota Births and Christenings, A footsoldier for Patton / Michael C. Bilder James G. Bilder, The 5th Infantry division in the ETO

Photo source: www.ancestry.com