Union County Veterans Remembrance Committee

Permanent Veteran Record

Dwight H. Orahood

BranchArmy
RankLieutenant
Conflict / EraWorld War II
Date of Birth03/27/1921
Date of Death05/07/1943
HometownDelaware, OH, OH
Burial LocationMill Creek Baptist Cemetery, Scioto Twp. Delaware County, OH
Monument PaverNo
SourceG.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

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

Printed from the UCVRC Veterans Database · Courthouse Veterans Monument