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Personal info

Full name
ORR, John Jr
Date of birth
23 April 1918
Age
26
Place of birth
Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Pittsburgh. Allegheny County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
13170539
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
68th Armored Infantry Battalion,
14th Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
14 January 1945
Place of death
Rittershoffen, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
K 14 22

Immediate family

Members
John Orr (father)
Johanna Orr (mother)
Robert Orr (brother)
Edward Orr (brother)

More information

Pfc John Orr Jr. attended high school for four years before he volunteered for the Army of the United States in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania on 3 December 1942.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / 1920 Census, http://14thad.org

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