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Personal info

Full name
JORGENSEN, John Ordean
Date of birth
11 May 1923
Age
21
Place of birth
Wright County, Minnesota
Hometown
Wright County, Minnesota

Military service

Service number
37599196
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
157th Infantry Regiment,
45th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
27 April 1945
Place of death
Near Aschaffenburg, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
J 9 17

Immediate family

Members
Magnus Jorgensen (father)
Alice (Lindgren) Jorgensen (mother)
Delores Jorgensen (sister)
Myles W. Jorgensen (brother)
Elaine D. Jorgensen (sister)
DeVern R. Jorgensen (brother)
Glen M. Jorgensen (brother)
Orlyn A. Jorgensen (sister)

More information

Pfc John O. Jorgensen attended high school for 4 years before he enlisted in Fort Snelling on 15 July 1944.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / David Dobratz Family Tree, http://www.45thdivision.org
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