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Personal info

Full name
TAYLOR, Ortha F
Date of birth
1916
Age
unknown
Place of birth
Idaho
Hometown
Malheur County, Oregon

Military service

Service number
19076343
Rank
Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
157th Infantry Regiment,
45th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
25 March 1945
Place of death
Near Saarbrücken, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
C 28 61

Immediate family

Members
Doris O. Taylor (sister)

More information

Sgt Ortha F. Taylor attended high school for 2 years and worked on a farm before he volunteered for the US Army in Portland, Oregon on 10 January 1942.

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