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Personal info

Full name
ORCUTT, Leslie Victor
Date of birth
21 March 1923
Age
21
Place of birth
Mazomanie, Dane County, Wisconsin
Hometown
Mazomanie, Dane County, Wisconsin

Military service

Service number
36296634
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
G Company,
2nd Battalion,
2nd Infantry Regiment,
5th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
19 February 1945
Place of death
In the vicinity of Stockem–Schankweiler, west of Bitburg, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
A 2 10

Immediate family

Members
Victor C. Orcutt (father)
Dorothy V. (Bolender) Orcutt (mother)
Elizabeth M. Orcutt (sister)
Leonard W. Orcutt (brother)
Dean A. Orcutt (brother)

More information

Pfc Leslie V. Orcutt graduated from Mazomanie High School and worked as a watchman.

He enlisted in Milwaukee, Wisconsin on 11 January 1943.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com – 1930/1940 Census / Sorsabel Family Tree / Headstone and Interment Record, "A footsoldier for Patton" - Michael C. Bilder/James G. Bilder, The 5th Infantry Division in the ETO, www.findagrave.com, www.newspaperarchive.com - Wisconsin State Journal

Photo source:
www.findagrave - Luxembourg American Cemetery, Leslie Ann Orcutt