MERRILL'S MARAUDERS Orth, Franklin Lewis

[John Robertson]

• SURNAME

Orth​

• FORENAME

Franklin Lewis​

• UNIT

HQ Detachment​

• RANK

Lieutenant Colonel​

• NUMBER

0-307198​

• AWARD

Bronze Star​

• PLACE

Burma 1944​

• ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

born 11.5.1907 Milwaukee,Wisconsin​

graduated University of Wisconsin,Madison 1928​

graduated University of Wisconsin Law School 1931​

attorney in civilian life​

achieved rank of Colonel US Army​

employed by Federal Government as follows​

Department of Veterans' Affairs​

Bureau of Internal Revenue​

Office of Price Stabilization​

Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army until 1959​

Executive Vice President of National Rifle Association 1959 until death​

President of US Olympic Committee April 1969 until death​

married Helen Alice Martin (1913-90) (7 children)​

last residence Gaithersburg,Maryland​

died 4.1.1970 Bethesda,Maryland​

Arlington National Cemetery,Virginia Section 13 Site 16435​

​