Orville Carl Sells enlisted with the US Navy on 5 February, 1938.
He served on board the USS Astoria as Machinist's Mate, First Class (MM1c) from 1938 to 1942.
The Guadalcanal Campaign, also known as the Battle of Guadalcanal and codenamed Operation Watchtower was a military campaign fought between 7 August 1942 and 9 February 1943 on and around the island of Guadalcanal in the Pacific theater of World War II. It was the first major offensive by Allied forces against the Empire of Japan.
On 7 August 1942, Allied forces, predominantly United States Marines, landed on the islands of Guadalcanal, Tulagi, and Florida in the southern Solomon Islands, with the objective of denying their use by the Japanese to threaten Allied supply and communication routes between the US, Australia, and New Zealand. (Wikipedia)
On 9 August 1942 he was placed on board the USS President Jackson as a "wounded survivor from the USS Astoria". The ship sailed from Tulagi, Solomon Islands on the 9th.
According the the muster rolls 17 Aug 1942, when they left Espiritu Santo (Vanuatu) he was still aboard ship, but had died on 9 Aug 1942 of "war wounds". He was buried at sea on the way to Noumea, New Caledonia.
He received the Purple Heart.
Orville Carl never married.
He served on board the USS Astoria as Machinist's Mate, First Class (MM1c) from 1938 to 1942.
The Guadalcanal Campaign, also known as the Battle of Guadalcanal and codenamed Operation Watchtower was a military campaign fought between 7 August 1942 and 9 February 1943 on and around the island of Guadalcanal in the Pacific theater of World War II. It was the first major offensive by Allied forces against the Empire of Japan.
On 7 August 1942, Allied forces, predominantly United States Marines, landed on the islands of Guadalcanal, Tulagi, and Florida in the southern Solomon Islands, with the objective of denying their use by the Japanese to threaten Allied supply and communication routes between the US, Australia, and New Zealand. (Wikipedia)
On 9 August 1942 he was placed on board the USS President Jackson as a "wounded survivor from the USS Astoria". The ship sailed from Tulagi, Solomon Islands on the 9th.
According the the muster rolls 17 Aug 1942, when they left Espiritu Santo (Vanuatu) he was still aboard ship, but had died on 9 Aug 1942 of "war wounds". He was buried at sea on the way to Noumea, New Caledonia.
He received the Purple Heart.
Orville Carl never married.
Orville Carl Sells enlisted with the US Navy on 5 February, 1938.
He served on board the USS Astoria as Machinist's Mate, First Class (MM1c) from 1938 to 1942.
The Guadalcanal Campaign, also known as the Battle of Guadalcanal and codenamed Operation Watchtower was a military campaign fought between 7 August 1942 and 9 February 1943 on and around the island of Guadalcanal in the Pacific theater of World War II. It was the first major offensive by Allied forces against the Empire of Japan.
On 7 August 1942, Allied forces, predominantly United States Marines, landed on the islands of Guadalcanal, Tulagi, and Florida in the southern Solomon Islands, with the objective of denying their use by the Japanese to threaten Allied supply and communication routes between the US, Australia, and New Zealand. (Wikipedia)
On 9 August 1942 he was placed on board the USS President Jackson as a "wounded survivor from the USS Astoria". The ship sailed from Tulagi, Solomon Islands on the 9th.
According the the muster rolls 17 Aug 1942, when they left Espiritu Santo (Vanuatu) he was still aboard ship, but had died on 9 Aug 1942 of "war wounds". He was buried at sea on the way to Noumea, New Caledonia.
He received the Purple Heart.
Orville Carl never married.
He served on board the USS Astoria as Machinist's Mate, First Class (MM1c) from 1938 to 1942.
The Guadalcanal Campaign, also known as the Battle of Guadalcanal and codenamed Operation Watchtower was a military campaign fought between 7 August 1942 and 9 February 1943 on and around the island of Guadalcanal in the Pacific theater of World War II. It was the first major offensive by Allied forces against the Empire of Japan.
On 7 August 1942, Allied forces, predominantly United States Marines, landed on the islands of Guadalcanal, Tulagi, and Florida in the southern Solomon Islands, with the objective of denying their use by the Japanese to threaten Allied supply and communication routes between the US, Australia, and New Zealand. (Wikipedia)
On 9 August 1942 he was placed on board the USS President Jackson as a "wounded survivor from the USS Astoria". The ship sailed from Tulagi, Solomon Islands on the 9th.
According the the muster rolls 17 Aug 1942, when they left Espiritu Santo (Vanuatu) he was still aboard ship, but had died on 9 Aug 1942 of "war wounds". He was buried at sea on the way to Noumea, New Caledonia.
He received the Purple Heart.
Orville Carl never married.
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Entered the service from Colorado.
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