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<blockquote data-quote="John Robertson" data-source="post: 5059" data-attributes="member: 1"><p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>SURNAME</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Darby </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>FORENAME</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>William Orlando </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>UNIT</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>former 1 Ranger Bn (Commanding Officer) </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>RANK</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Colonel </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>NUMBER</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>0-19133 </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>DATE OF DEATH</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>30th April 1945 </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>AGE</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>34 </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>GRAVESITE</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Fort Smith National Cemetery, Fort Smith, Arkansas . Section 9, Grave 3991</em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>ADDITIONAL INFORMATION</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>born 9.2.1911 Fort Smith, Sebastian County, Arkansas</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>father Percy William Darby (1881-1954)</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>mother Nellie Gertrude (nee Hogan) Darby (1885-1965)</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>graduated USMA 1933</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Captain 1940</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Staff 1940-42</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>1 Ranger Bn 1942</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>award D.S.C. with oak leaf cluster, Silver Star, Legion of Merit, Army Distinguished Service Medal</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Assist Commander 10th Mountain Division 1945</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>KIA near Torbole, Italy</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>promoted Brigadier General (posthumous) </em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em><a href="https://www.specialforcesroh.com/index.php?media/w-o-darby.191/" target="_blank"><img src="https://www.specialforcesroh.com/data/xfmg/thumbnail/0/191-f445352a69cd7595bd7f7e6bb2337b56.jpg?1591382963" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a> <a href="https://www.specialforcesroh.com/index.php?media/w-o-darby.753/" target="_blank"><img src="https://www.specialforcesroh.com/data/xfmg/thumbnail/0/753-93bdd338a9e7ae17e77c6358d9376158.jpg?1591383057" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a> <a href="https://www.specialforcesroh.com/index.php?media/w-o-darby-grave.6052/" target="_blank"><img src="https://www.specialforcesroh.com/data/xfmg/thumbnail/6/6052-4cfd2626175efae817c28644c95a084a.jpg?1591388659" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></em></p></blockquote><p></p>
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