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WARREN ROBERT ORR JR
Captain · U.S. Army
March 20, 1943 – May 12, 1968
Service recordWarren Robert Orr JR, of Kewanee, Illinois, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He was lost on May 12, 1968, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, and was later declared dead. His name is inscribed on Panel 59E, Line 10 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 59E · Line 10
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. Army
- Rank
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- SPECIAL FORCES
- Born
- March 20, 1943
- Home of record
- Kewanee, Illinois (Henry County)
Casualty
- Date of loss
- May 12, 1968
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Declared Dead
- Circumstance
- Unknown
- First reported
- Missing in action
Context · from the records
What was happening
97 names on the Wall carry the date May 12, 1968; 17 of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Special Forces, his unit in the record, lost 24 of its members that month.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 59E, Line 10
- ARTHUR ELLIOTT NULL JRSpecialist Five · May 12, 1968
- WILLIAM JAMES OCONNOR JRPrivate First Class · May 12, 1968
- ANTHONY PAUL PALUMBOSpecialist Four · May 12, 1968
- WILLIAM PATECorporal · May 12, 1968
From Kewanee
- DONALD EUGENE JONESCorporal · March 19, 1967
- JAMES LAYMAN VERHELSTLance Corporal · March 26, 1967
- JAMES EDWARD WERDERMANLance Corporal · June 18, 1967
- DAN E BRYANPrivate First Class · February 8, 1968
- MARTIN JOSEPH RAPCZAKSergeant · May 23, 1968
- ALLAN CAMERON BENSONSpecialist Four · May 12, 1969
- CHARLES IRVIN MITCHELLPrivate First Class · November 21, 1969
- RODNEY ROBERT ROGERSHospitalman · January 9, 1970
- ALAN CHARLES DECRAENEFirst Lieutenant · February 16, 1970
- WILLIAM MARSHALL PRICEFirst Lieutenant · October 12, 1972
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.