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Personal info

Full name
QUINN, Orie Lewis
Date of birth
9 September 1919
Age
25
Place of birth
Hartsburg, Boone County, Missouri
Hometown
Ashland, Boone County, Missouri

Military service

Service number
37075383
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
E Company,
2nd Battalion,
423rd Infantry Regiment,
106th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
2 January 1945
Place of death
unknown

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
C 21 65

Immediate family

Members
Louie Quinn (father)
Joshua D. Steelman (stepfather)
Anna M. (Sappington) Quinn (mother)
Grace L. Quinn (sister)
Hurschel P. Steelman (half sister)
Kenneth L. Steelman (half brother)
Elgin F. Steelman (half brother)

More information

Pfc Orie L. Quinn enlisted on 16 October 1940.

He served also in the 524th MP Battalion.

He was taken prisoner of war on 21 December 1944 in the vicinity of St. Vith, Belgium. The exact place and circumstances of his death are unknown.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com – 1920/1930/1940 Census / Headstone and Interment Record / WWII Prisoners of War / Hoffman Family Tree / U.S. Draft Cards Young Men
Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Nicole Leibrecht (Gros) / Frank Passic