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Otho
A.
Orr
POW (Korea)

Home:

Waynesboro

, 

Virginia

Awards Received

  • Prisoner of War Medal

    Service:

    United States Air Force

    Rank:

    First Lieutenant

    Batallion:

    28th Bombardment Squadron

    Regiment:

    19th Bombardment Group

    Division:

    Prisoner of War (North Korea)

    Action Date:

    December 30, 1952 – September 1, 1953
    NARA Database: Repatriated Korean Conflict Prisoners of War, 7/5/1950 – 10/6/1954

    First Lieutenant Otho A. Orr (ASN: 0-2086179), United States Air Force, was captured by communist forces after he was shot down over North Korea on 30 December 1952, and was held as a Prisoner of War until his release on 1 September 1953, during Operation Big Switch at the end of the war.