- Branch of Service
- Army
- Rank
- Lieutenant
- Conflict / Era
- World War II
- Date of Birth
- 03/27/1921
- Date of Death
- 05/07/1943
- Hometown
- Delaware, OH, OH
- Burial Location
- Mill Creek Baptist Cemetery, Scioto Twp. Delaware County, OH
- Monument Paver
- No
- Township (entering service)
- Delaware, OH
- Township (current / at death)
- UNKNOWN
- Status
- Died in Service
- When
- 05/07/1943
- Where
- Del Rio, TX
- Record Authenticated
- Yes
Biography
serial #T-145306; listed on Delaware Co. casualty list; War Dept. file lists hometown as Delaware Co.; not in 1930 Census for Union Co. or all of Ohio; 1940 Union Co. map shows grandparents' farm in Watkins, Union Co., OH Marysville Tribune article lists as 1939 graduate of Watkins High School; Application for Compensation filed by parents, Wilton and Loma Orahood, claim #951096, dated 6/17/1948; DNB -- cause of death was an airplane accident residence at time of death listed as Williams Street, Delaware, OH; DNB/DIS
Source: G.W. Claar; Esther Carmany; National Archives; Union Co. Engineer's Office; Fairbanks High School; Union Co. Historical Society; Ohio Historical Society; Application for Compensation; Marysville Public Library; Marysville Journal Tribune