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Personal info

Full name
ORNE, Charles Stanton III
Date of birth
28 March 1922
Age
22
Place of birth
Cook County, Illinois
Hometown
Chicago, Cook County, Illinois

Military service

Service number
O-482174
Rank
Second Lieutenant
Function
unknown
Unit
11th Infantry Regiment,
5th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

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

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
J 31 27

Immediate family

Members
Charles S. Orne II (father)
Marjorie P. (Petzinger) Orne (mother)

More information

2nd Lt Charles S. Orne III attended Depauw University before he enlisted in July 1942.

Source of information: Leo Minne, Terry Hirsch, www.abmc.gov, www.ancestry.com – 1930/1940 Census / Illinois Birth Index, "A footsoldier for Patton" - Michael C. Bilder/James G. Bilder, The 5th Infantry Division in the ETO

Photo source: Chicago Tribune - 14 October 1944