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SSGT Orlo Arle Montgomery

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SSGT Orlo Arle Montgomery

Birth
Sutherland, Lincoln County, Nebraska, USA
Death
6 Jun 1944 (aged 24)
Valognes, Departement de la Manche, Basse-Normandie, France
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Colleville-sur-Mer, Departement du Calvados, Basse-Normandie, France Add to Map
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SSgt US Army Air Forces 14th Squadron 61st Troop Carrier Group. Killed in action on D-Day when his plane was shot down. He was an air crew member and his plane was delivering paratroopers to the combat zone. He has a memorial marker at Fort McPherson National Cemetery in Nebraska. He is also listed in the Tablets of the Missing at the Normandy American Cemetery in France. His awards include the Air Medal with 3 oak leaf clusters and the Purple Heart.
SSgt US Army Air Forces 14th Squadron 61st Troop Carrier Group. Killed in action on D-Day when his plane was shot down. He was an air crew member and his plane was delivering paratroopers to the combat zone. He has a memorial marker at Fort McPherson National Cemetery in Nebraska. He is also listed in the Tablets of the Missing at the Normandy American Cemetery in France. His awards include the Air Medal with 3 oak leaf clusters and the Purple Heart.

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Entered the service from Colorado.

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  • Maintained by: Frogman
  • Originally Created by: War Graves
  • Added: Aug 8, 2010
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/56647957/orlo_arle-montgomery: accessed ), memorial page for SSGT Orlo Arle Montgomery (5 Sep 1919–6 Jun 1944), Find a Grave Memorial ID 56647957, citing Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial, Colleville-sur-Mer, Departement du Calvados, Basse-Normandie, France; Maintained by Frogman (contributor 47380828).