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Personal info

Full name
WATERS, Oren John
Date of birth
29 August 1910
Age
34
Place of birth
North Union, Fayette County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
33269540
Rank
Technical Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
A Company,
1st Battalion,
304th Infantry Regiment,
76th Infantry Division
Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
9 March 1945
Place of death
In the vicinity of Bruch, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
H 16 99

Immediate family

Members
John A. Waters (father)
Mary E. (Banks) Waters (mother)
Leston Waters (sister)
Gertrude Waters (sister)
Laura M. (Canon) Waters (wife)

More information

T/Sgt Oren J. Waters was married to Laura Mae Canon in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania on 2 September 1939.

He graduated from college and was a salesman before he enlisted in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania on 10 June 1942.

Source of information: André Koch, Kathy McDermott, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Records / 1920/1930 Census / Pennsylvania Veteran Compensation Application Files WWII 1950-1966 / Pennsylvania Birth Certificates 1906-1911 / Pennsylvania Marriages 1852-1968, http://76thdivision.com/304/history_304th_004.html
Photo source: Peter Schouteten