GREEN BERETS Orr, Warren Robert,Jr

[John Robertson]

• SURNAME

Orr ​

• FORENAME

Warren Robert,Jr ​

• UNIT

5 SF Group (Det A-105,Company C,Civil Affairs Officer) ​

• RANK

Captain ​

• NUMBER

360341827​

• DATE OF DEATH

12th May 1968 ​

• AGE

25 ​

• GRAVESITE

Arlington National Cemetery,Virginia Section 60 Site 8881​

• ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

from Kewanee,Illinois​

born 20.3.1943 West Frankfort,Illinois​

son of Warren Robert Orr​

single​

graduated Kewanee High School 1961​

entered service 22.3.1963 Moline,Illinois​

award Bronze Star with V​

served first tour of Vietnam as military adviser (ranks) 1963​

MIA Kham Duc,Quang Tin Province,South Vietnam​

presumed to have died on board C-130B tail no H60-0297 which was shot down after take-off​

body not recovered​

declared dead 1.2.1974 ​

National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific,Honolulu,Hawaii Courts of the Missing (Court B)​

Arlington National Cemetery,Virginia Memorial Section​

Tower Heights Cemetery,West Frankfort,Franklin County,Illinois memorial stone​

remains repatriated 9.6.1993​

remains identified 14.5.2007​

buried November 2007​

also group burial in Arlington Section 60 Site 8880​

Vietnam Veterans Memorial,Washington,D.C. Panel 59E Line 10 ​

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