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Personal info

Full name
FRISBY, Orven Earl
Date of birth
31 August 1923
Age
21
Place of birth
Warren County, Ohio
Hometown
Franklin, Warren County, Ohio

Military service

Service number
35874421
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
I Company,
3rd Battalion,
501st Parachute Infantry Regiment,
101st Airborne Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
28 September 1944
Place of death
Veghel, The Netherlands

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
K 17 17

Immediate family

Members
Frank D. Frisby (father)
Aleta L. (Jestice) Frisby (mother)
Aulcie L. Frisby (sister)
Audrey M. Frisby (sister)
Carl E. Frisby (brother)
Frank D. Frisby (brother)
Alta L. Frisby (sister)
Harold D. Frisby (brother)
Victor E. Frisby (brother)

More information

Pvt Orven E. Frisby enlisted in Cincinnati, Ohio on 21 August 1943.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery of Son, The Netherlands.

Along with other members of his regiment, he is remembered on a memorial plaque on the windmill of Eerde, the Netherlands.

Source of information: Andrea Frisby (niece), www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - WWII Enlistment Record / Beatty Family Tree

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, Andrea Frisby (niece), F. H. Heiligers