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Personal info

Full name
DELLINGER, Orville A
Date of birth
4 September 1918
Age
26
Place of birth
Conicville, Shenandoah County, Virginia
Hometown
Arlington County, Virginia

Military service

Service number
33049023
Rank
Technical Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
47th Armored Infantry Battalion,
5th Armored Division
Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
19 September 1944
Place of death
Ermsdorf, Luxembourg

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Tablets of the Missing

Immediate family

Members
Jesse J. Weatherholz (stepfather)
Susie C. (Good) Dellinger (mother)
Kenneth E. Weatherholz (half-brother)
James R. Weatherholz (half-brother)
Elizabeth C. Weatherholz (half-sister)
Winston Weatherholz (half-brother)
Arleen C. (Smoot) Dellinger (wife)

More information

T/Sgt Orville A. Dellinger attended 4 years of high school and worked as a carpenter before he enlisted in Roanoke, Virginia on 31 May 1941.

Source of information: Nick Lieten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.fold3.com - Registration Card, www.ancestry.com - 1920/1930/1940 Census / Marriage Certificate, www.5ad.org
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - soilsister