Orr, W. Carlton · Digital Collections

Name: Orr, W. Carlton
Birth Date: April 12, 1920
Death Date: December 7, 1941
Description: W. Carlton Orr Private first class, U.S. Army Air Forces Headquarters and Headquarters Squadron, 17th Air Base Group. 12 April 1920 - 7 December 1941. Debater, essayist, and National Honor Society member at Bangor High School where he graduated, 1939, he entered the business of market gardening, but soon enlisted. He was on duty as a head cook at Hickam Field, Hawaii, when killed by the enemy on Pearl Harbor Day, Presidential Citation. Purple Heart. 0149312-AC
Creator: Bangor Public Library; Ranlett, L. Felix (Louis Felix), 1896-
Date: 1947
Subject: Commemorative works; Military casualties; Soldiers--Maine--Bangor; World War, 1939-1945--Casualties; World War, 1939-1945--Maine--Bangor
Is Part Of: Book of Honor: Bangor Remembers Her Sons Who Died for Victory, 1941-1945; Bangor Public Library Special Collections
Language: English
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