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SORRELS, Odis Tillman - Date of
birth
3 February 1924 -
Age
20 - Place of
birth
Briertown, Muskogee County, Oklahoma -
Hometown
Archer County, Texas
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
38371303 -
Rank
Private First Class -
Function
unknown -
Unit
C Company,
326th Airborne Engineer Battalion,
101st Airborne Division
-
Awards
Purple Heart
Death
-
Status
Killed in Action - Date of
death
9 January 1945 - Place of
death
Near Bastogne, Belgium
Grave
-
Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
| Plot | Row | Grave |
|---|---|---|
| C | 9 | 21 |
Immediate family
-
Members
Thaddis C. Sorrels (father)
Myrtle B. (Cook) Sorrels (mother)
Wayland D. Sorrels (brother)
Betty M. Sorrels (sister)
More information
Pfc Odis T. Sorrels was first buried at Temporary American Military Cemetery Grand Failly, France.
Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record, www.findagrave.com - Andrea Berger Walston, http://www.ww2-airborne.us
Photo source: Peter Schouteten, The Fighting Men of Texas (1948)