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Personal info

Full name
ORR, Lloyd Ray
Date of birth
2 November 1919
Age
25
Place of birth
Graham County, North Carolina
Hometown
Robbinsville, Graham County, North Carolina

Military service

Service number
14100466
Rank
Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
327th Glider Infantry Regiment,
101st Airborne Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
31 January 1945
Place of death
Büdesheim/Eifel, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
D 12 33

Immediate family

Members
Charlie F. Orr (father)
Amanda (Phillips) Orr (mother)
Harvey D. Orr (brother)
William R. Orr (brother)
Grover D. Orr (brother)
Love Orr (sister)

More information

Sgt Lloyd R. Orr worked on a farm.

He volunteered for the Army of the United States in Charlotte, North Carolina, on 13 March 1942.

According to German records, Sgt Orr died in Feldlazarett 257 after the amputation of both legs. This German field hospital was stationed in the schoolhouse of Büdesheim/Eifel, Germany at that time and he was initially buried at the local cemetery.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Raf Dyckmans, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record, http://www.ww2-airborne.us, IDPF of William H. Craig
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