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Orville S Wade

T/5 in 23rd Headquarters Co

Military occupational specialty: 855 (dental technician)

ASN#35031101

Born 1916 in OH

County of residence at enlistment: Licking County, OH
United States Army, European Theatre of Operations
Occupation before the war: unskilled occupations in manufacture of textiles, n.e.c.
Source: Unit Shipment 10143-A, 23d HQ, from la Havre 23 June 1945; WWII Army enlistment record

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