World War II Honoree

Orval Ray Partlow

Branch of Service

U.S. Army

Hometown

Hartford City, Indiana

Honored By

Donald Lee Partlow, II

Relationship

Grandson

HE WAS DRAFTED INTO THE ARMY IN 1942 AND ENTERED SERVICE AT CAMP ATTERBURY IN COLUMBUS, INDIANA. HE APPLIED TO AND WAS ACCEPTED AT OFFICER SCHOOL IN FARGO, NORTH DAKOTA AND FINISHED THERE IN LATE 1942. HE THEN TRANSFERRED TO ENL BRANCH #5 JONESBORO, ARKANSAS SERVING THERE THROUGH MID 1943. THE NEXT STOP WAS CAMP J.T. ROBINSON, ARKANSAS THROUGH FALL 1944 THEN ON TO CAMP CHAFFEE WHERE HE SERVED UNTIL MID 1945. HE FINISHED HIS DUTY AT CAMP GEORGE G. MEADE, MARYLAND IN 1946. PRIOR TO THE WAR HE SERVED IN THE U.S. NAVY.