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Personal info

Full name
HARADON, Orlin Everett
Date of birth
11 May 1911
Age
33
Place of birth
Early, Sac County, Iowa
Hometown
Early, Sac County, Iowa

Military service

Service number
37682083
Rank
Private First Class
Function
Rifleman
Unit
G Company,
2nd Battalion,
319th Infantry Regiment,
80th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
18 January 1945
Place of death
In the vicinity of Nocher, Luxembourg

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
H 3 36

Immediate family

Members
Everett E. Haradon (father)
Ida B. (Hutchkins) Haradon (mother)
Clifford E. Haradon (brother)
Dwight Haradon (brother)
Nedra Haradon (sister)
Verda M. (Bloom) Haradon (wife)

More information

Pfc Orlin E. Haradon attended high school for one year and worked on the family farm.

He was killed by artillery shell fragments in his shoulder and thigh.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - 1930/1940 Census / Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Cards, www.80thdivision.com
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Luxembourg American Cemetery