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Personal info

Full name
MONTGOMERY, Orval B
Date of birth
1914
Age
unknown
Place of birth
Missouri
Hometown
Sac, Dade County, Missouri

Military service

Service number
39716171
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
180th Infantry Regiment,
45th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
2 December 1944
Place of death
Near Bouxwiller, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
B 30 43

Immediate family

Members
Troy B. Montgomery (father)
Sarah Montgomery (mother)
Eva Montgomery (sister)
Freda Montgomery (sister)
Faye Montgomery (brother)
Genevieve Montgomery (sister)
Donald Montgomery (brother)
Sandra Sue Montgomery (sister)

More information

Pvt Orval B. Montgomery was a checker before he enlisted in Los Angeles, California on 5 November 1943.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery in Hochfelden, France.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1940 Census, http://www.45thdivision.org
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