View a eulogy for James Lawson Orr, USMA '40, who passed away on December 12, 1945.
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James Lawson Orr
West Point, 1940
Be Thou At Peace
Posted by Terry Powers on January 10, 2024:
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USMA Class of 1940 - West Point James Lawton Orr World War II - Service # 0-023098 Captain U.S. Army Air Forces Entered Service From Georgia 13th Bomber Squadron, 3rd Bomber Group, Light Date of Death December 12 1945 Status Missing In Action 25 Aug 1941 - MIA, near Milne Bay, Papua New Guinea/presumed deceased Memorialized on the Walls of the Missing Manila American Cemetery McKinley Road, Fort Bonifacio 1634 Philippines James Lawson Orr was born on December 24, 1915, in Davisboro, Georgia, his father, Thomas, was 30 and his mother, Varina, was 24. He married Helen Maude Dechman-Orr-McLaughlin on March 16, 1941, in Emory, Georgia. When he failed to return from an air mission on 26 Aug 1941 and was presumed dead. Capt James Lawson Orr VVETERAN BIRTH 24 Dec 1915 Georgia, USA DEATH 12 Dec 1945 (aged 29) Manila American Cemetery and Memorial Manila, Capital District, National Capital Region, Philippines Parents Thomas Julian Orr 1885--1933 Ouida Nunn Orr 1891--1975 Spouse Helen Maude Dechman McLaughlin 1912--1993 (m. 1941) Siblings Thomas Claybourne Orr 1913--1990 |
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