Orville was the son of William Arthur Vanderpool and Lizzie Cody. He married Alice Rowden and they had one son, Orville Ralph Vanderpool Jr. After Orville's death, Alice married Darrell Kirkland Coffey. Their son, Orville Ralph Jr, was adopted by Mr. Coffey and his last name was changed to Coffey.
World War II Enlistment Record:
NAME: VANDERPOOL, Orville R.
Residence: Tulsa County, Oklahoma
Date of Enlistment: 16 Sep 1939
Nativity: Kansas
Component of the Army: Regular Army
U.S. Headstone Application for Military Veteran:
Name: Orville R Vanderpool
Birth Date: 27 Aug 1921
Death Date: 6 Jun 1944
Enlistment Date: Fall of 1938
Unit: Tec 5, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Infantry
Cemetery: Coop Prairie
Cemetery Location: Mansfield, Arkansas
Applicant: W. A. Vanderpool, Barber, Arkansas, 21 Apr 1948
US Roster of World War II Dead:
Name: Orville R Vanderpool
Cemetery Name: Arkansas
Disposition: According to next of kin
Service Branch: Army
Rank: Technician Fifth Grade
Special Forces Roll of Honor:
Surname: Vanderpool
Forename: Orville R.
Unit: 506 Parachute Infantry Regiment (Company I)
Rank: Technician Fifth Class
Date Of Death: 6th June 1944
Additional Information: From Tulsa County, Oklahoma
Killed In Action: Normandy
Monument in front of old county court house in Waldron, Scott County, Arkansas: "In everlasting memory of those of Scott County who made the supreme sacrifice in World War I and in World War II":
Orville R. Vanderpool
World War II Enlistment Record:
NAME: VANDERPOOL, Orville R.
Residence: Tulsa County, Oklahoma
Date of Enlistment: 16 Sep 1939
Nativity: Kansas
Component of the Army: Regular Army
U.S. Headstone Application for Military Veteran:
Name: Orville R Vanderpool
Birth Date: 27 Aug 1921
Death Date: 6 Jun 1944
Enlistment Date: Fall of 1938
Unit: Tec 5, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Infantry
Cemetery: Coop Prairie
Cemetery Location: Mansfield, Arkansas
Applicant: W. A. Vanderpool, Barber, Arkansas, 21 Apr 1948
US Roster of World War II Dead:
Name: Orville R Vanderpool
Cemetery Name: Arkansas
Disposition: According to next of kin
Service Branch: Army
Rank: Technician Fifth Grade
Special Forces Roll of Honor:
Surname: Vanderpool
Forename: Orville R.
Unit: 506 Parachute Infantry Regiment (Company I)
Rank: Technician Fifth Class
Date Of Death: 6th June 1944
Additional Information: From Tulsa County, Oklahoma
Killed In Action: Normandy
Monument in front of old county court house in Waldron, Scott County, Arkansas: "In everlasting memory of those of Scott County who made the supreme sacrifice in World War I and in World War II":
Orville R. Vanderpool
Orville was the son of William Arthur Vanderpool and Lizzie Cody. He married Alice Rowden and they had one son, Orville Ralph Vanderpool Jr. After Orville's death, Alice married Darrell Kirkland Coffey. Their son, Orville Ralph Jr, was adopted by Mr. Coffey and his last name was changed to Coffey.
World War II Enlistment Record:
NAME: VANDERPOOL, Orville R.
Residence: Tulsa County, Oklahoma
Date of Enlistment: 16 Sep 1939
Nativity: Kansas
Component of the Army: Regular Army
U.S. Headstone Application for Military Veteran:
Name: Orville R Vanderpool
Birth Date: 27 Aug 1921
Death Date: 6 Jun 1944
Enlistment Date: Fall of 1938
Unit: Tec 5, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Infantry
Cemetery: Coop Prairie
Cemetery Location: Mansfield, Arkansas
Applicant: W. A. Vanderpool, Barber, Arkansas, 21 Apr 1948
US Roster of World War II Dead:
Name: Orville R Vanderpool
Cemetery Name: Arkansas
Disposition: According to next of kin
Service Branch: Army
Rank: Technician Fifth Grade
Special Forces Roll of Honor:
Surname: Vanderpool
Forename: Orville R.
Unit: 506 Parachute Infantry Regiment (Company I)
Rank: Technician Fifth Class
Date Of Death: 6th June 1944
Additional Information: From Tulsa County, Oklahoma
Killed In Action: Normandy
Monument in front of old county court house in Waldron, Scott County, Arkansas: "In everlasting memory of those of Scott County who made the supreme sacrifice in World War I and in World War II":
Orville R. Vanderpool
World War II Enlistment Record:
NAME: VANDERPOOL, Orville R.
Residence: Tulsa County, Oklahoma
Date of Enlistment: 16 Sep 1939
Nativity: Kansas
Component of the Army: Regular Army
U.S. Headstone Application for Military Veteran:
Name: Orville R Vanderpool
Birth Date: 27 Aug 1921
Death Date: 6 Jun 1944
Enlistment Date: Fall of 1938
Unit: Tec 5, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Infantry
Cemetery: Coop Prairie
Cemetery Location: Mansfield, Arkansas
Applicant: W. A. Vanderpool, Barber, Arkansas, 21 Apr 1948
US Roster of World War II Dead:
Name: Orville R Vanderpool
Cemetery Name: Arkansas
Disposition: According to next of kin
Service Branch: Army
Rank: Technician Fifth Grade
Special Forces Roll of Honor:
Surname: Vanderpool
Forename: Orville R.
Unit: 506 Parachute Infantry Regiment (Company I)
Rank: Technician Fifth Class
Date Of Death: 6th June 1944
Additional Information: From Tulsa County, Oklahoma
Killed In Action: Normandy
Monument in front of old county court house in Waldron, Scott County, Arkansas: "In everlasting memory of those of Scott County who made the supreme sacrifice in World War I and in World War II":
Orville R. Vanderpool
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