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Personal info

Full name
ROARK, Ora Lee
Date of birth
14 June 1913
Age
31
Place of birth
Linn, Osage County, Missouri
Hometown
St. Louis, Missouri

Military service

Service number
37134655
Rank
Staff Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
L Company,
3rd Battalion,
320th Infantry Regiment,
35th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
8 November 1944
Place of death
Forêt de Château-Salins, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
J 29 31

Immediate family

Members
William L. Roark (father)
Malissa (Phelps) Roark (mother)
Rex Roark (brother)
Mable Roark (sister)
Victor Roark (brother)
Mattie L. Roark (sister)
Richard Roark (brother)
Jessie S. Roark (brother)

More information

S/Sgt Ora L. Roark was employed at the Samuels Shoe Company before he enlisted.

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

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / Padgett Family Tree, After Action Report 35th Infantry Division, www.findagrave.com - ALbert Ledoux
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