Memorial marker in family plot
Orville was serving as a radio operator aboard the aircraft carrier USS Franklin (CV-13) when a Japanese bomber dropped two bombs on the flight deck. Orville died at his general quarters station in the Combat Information Center (CIC). Location: Off Kyushu, Japan - 32 d. 01'N, 133 d. 57'E.
Orville was serving as a radio operator aboard the aircraft carrier USS Franklin (CV-13) when a Japanese bomber dropped two bombs on the flight deck. Orville died at his general quarters station in the Combat Information Center (CIC). Location: Off Kyushu, Japan - 32 d. 01'N, 133 d. 57'E.
Memorial marker in family plot
Orville was serving as a radio operator aboard the aircraft carrier USS Franklin (CV-13) when a Japanese bomber dropped two bombs on the flight deck. Orville died at his general quarters station in the Combat Information Center (CIC). Location: Off Kyushu, Japan - 32 d. 01'N, 133 d. 57'E.
Orville was serving as a radio operator aboard the aircraft carrier USS Franklin (CV-13) when a Japanese bomber dropped two bombs on the flight deck. Orville died at his general quarters station in the Combat Information Center (CIC). Location: Off Kyushu, Japan - 32 d. 01'N, 133 d. 57'E.
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Buried at sea.
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