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Personal info

Full name
ORR, Edward Byron "Happy"
Date of birth
2 June 1907
Age
37
Place of birth
Provo, Utah County, Utah
Hometown
Beaverhead County, Montana

Military service

Service number
39928654
Rank
Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
K Company,
3rd Battalion,
377th Infantry Regiment,
95th Infantry Division
Awards
Silver Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
21 January 1945
Place of death
Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
H 5 2

Immediate family

Members
Albert H. Orr (father)
Grace Orr (mother)
Bert Orr (brother)
Edith Orr (sister)
Alice O. (Hansen) Orr (wife)
William C. Orr (son)
James Orr (son)
Thomas Orr (son)

More information

Sgt Edward B. Orr graduated from Beaverhead County High School and was engaged in ranching.

He enlisted in Fort Douglas, Utah on 18 April 1944.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com - A Grateful American, www.archives.gov
– WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / The Porch Family Tree, http://mathieu.gitzhofer.free.fr/irongb.php

Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Luxembourg American Cemetery