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RUSCH, Orville Clarence - Date of
birth
28 October 1919 -
Age
25 - Place of
birth
Battle Creek, Ida County, Iowa -
Hometown
Ida County, Iowa
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
37424021 -
Rank
Private First Class -
Function
Assistant to the Battalion Graves Registration Officer -
Unit
L Company,
3rd Battalion,
377th Infantry Regiment,
95th Infantry Division
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Awards
Purple Heart
Death
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Status
Killed in Action - Date of
death
22 January 1945 - Place of
death
Near Saarlautern, Germany
Grave
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Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
| Plot | Row | Grave |
|---|---|---|
| H | 7 | 37 |
Immediate family
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Members
Carl P. F. Rusch (father)
Clara H. W. (Lampe) Rusch (mother)
Charlotte A. A. Rusch (sister)
Corine B. Rusch (sister)
Lawrence T. Rusch (brother)
Carl S. W. Rusch (brother)
More information
Pfc Orville C. Rusch worked for his father on the family farm.He was an assistant to the Battalion Graves Registration Officer. One of his duties was to remove deceased comrades.
On 22 January 1945 he set out across a field near Saarlautern to remove the body of an American soldier and was killed by a sniper.
Pfc Rusch is remembered at Ida Grove Cemetery in Ida Grove, Ida County, Iowa with a memorial marker.
Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com - Jason Rusch, Grand nephew / A Grateful American, www.findagrave.com - M Gilbertsen, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Sievert Family Tree, http://mathieu.gitzhofer.free.fr/irongb.php
Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Luxembourg American Cemetery, www.findagrave.com - Conley Walterman