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EMMETT SOMERS ORR
Technical Sergeant · U.S. Air Force
February 19, 1931 – October 10, 1968
Service recordEmmett Somers Orr, of Ashland, Kentucky, served as a Technical Sergeant in the U.S. Air Force. He died on October 10, 1968, in Ninh Thuan Province, South Vietnam, at age 37. His name is inscribed on Panel 41W, Line 42 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 41W · Line 42
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Air Force
- Rank
- Technical Sergeant (TSGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- February 19, 1931
- Home of record
- Ashland, Kentucky (Boyd County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 10, 1968
- Age
- 37
- Province
- Ninh Thuan
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date October 10, 1968; five of them were lost in Ninh Thuan Province. In October 1968, 821 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 41W, Line 42
- RAY WILLIARD PHELPS JRPrivate First Class · October 10, 1968
- LOUIS JOSEPH RAMIREZSpecialist Four · October 10, 1968
- ANGEL LUIS RAMOSPrivate First Class · October 10, 1968
- MICHAEL EUGENE RANDALL SRCorporal · October 10, 1968
From Ashland
- CHARLES DONALD SENTERSPrivate First Class · January 27, 1966
- JAMES LEONARD FAINSpecialist Four · February 22, 1966
- BOBBY SENTERSStaff Sergeant · June 20, 1966
- WILLIAM CLIFFORD FRALEYSergeant First Class · July 6, 1966
- LAWRENCE EDWARD LEWISAirman First Class · May 12, 1967
- CARL PHILIP MCCORMICKSergeant · November 5, 1967
- ARTHUR JACKSON SANDERSStaff Sergeant · November 19, 1967
- JOSEPH BRUCE ROBINSONPrivate First Class · February 8, 1968
- DOUGLAS FRANKLIN LOUDENBACKPrivate First Class · March 28, 1968
- JAMES WILLIAM ALLENSpecialist Five · April 23, 1968
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.