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Orville John Langenwalter

Birth	:	31 Oct 1917
Death	:	7 Dec 1941 Pearl Harbor, Honolulu County, Hawaii, USA
Burial	:	West Genoa Cemetery, King Ferry, Cayuga County, USA
Coordinate	:	42.6669006, -76.6130981
Description	:	One of two Newell boys killed at Pearl Harbor, Dec. 7, 1941, Orville was on the USS Arizona when the Japanese attacked. (Memorial in this cemetery, body never recovered.) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Orville John Langenwalter and Warren Wilbert Grosnickle, enlisted in the Navy on the same day -- Jan. 26, 1938. They were from small-town Iowa -- Mr. Langenwalter from Newell, population 854, and Mr. Grosnickle from about an hour and a half away in Boone, population 12,373. They became friends at the Great Lakes, Illinois, naval training center and then were assigned to the U.S.S. Arizona. Both men died... Read More	One of two Newell boys killed at Pearl Harbor, Dec. 7, 1941, Orville was on the USS Arizona when the Japanese attacked. (Memorial in this cemetery, body never recovered.) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Orville John Langenwalter and Warren Wilbert Grosnickle, enlisted in the Navy on the same day -- Jan. 26, 1938. They were from small-town Iowa -- Mr. Langenwalter from Newell, population 854, and Mr. Grosnickle from about an hour and a half away in Boone, population 12,373. They became friends at the Great Lakes, Illinois, naval training center and then were assigned to the U.S.S. Arizona. Both men died on the battleship in the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Dec. 7, 1941. Mr. Langenwalter was a storekeeper and petty officer 2nd class. Mr. Grosnickle was an electrician's mate and petty officer 2nd class. Mr. Langenwalter, the older of the two, was born Oct. 31, 1917 in Marine, Illinois but moved to Iowa when he was a toddler. His father, John, was a farmer and his mother, Emma, a housewife. A memorial service for Mr. Langenwalter was held at St. Peters' Lutheran Church in Newell in February 1942. "The church was filled to overflowing and a public address system was used for the benefit of those in the basement of the church," The Newell Mirror newspaper reported. A crowded memorial service was also held in early 1942 for Mr. Grosnickle -- at Trinity Lutheran in Boone. He was born in Boone on Nov. 5, 1920. His father, John, was a farmer and his mother, Amy, a housewife. Mr. Grosnickle married Edith Smith at Trinity Lutheran in June 1938. In addition to his widow, he was survived by a two-year-old daughter and a nearly year-old son. Sources: Special thanks to Colleen Bradshaw, a relative of Mr. Langenwalter, for sharing the photo of the two friends together at the Great Lakes training center. Mr. Grosnickle is on the left and Mr. Langenwalter on the right. Other sources: Ames (Iowa) Daily Tribune; Storm Lake (Iowa) Register; The Fonda (Iowa) Times; The Newell (Iowa) Mirror; Iowa marriage certificate; Census; Navy muster rolls; U.S. Veterans Administration; Iowa application for WWI service compensation. This profile was researched and written on behalf of the U.S.S. Arizona Mall Memorial at the University of Arizona. Contributor: USS Arizona Mall Memorial at University of Arizona (50022871)

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Where is Orville John Langenwalter's memorial?
Orville John Langenwalter's memorial is located at: West Genoa Cemetery, King Ferry, Cayuga County, USA.
When did Orville John Langenwalter death?
Orville John Langenwalter death on 7 Dec 1941 in Pearl Harbor, Honolulu County, Hawaii, USA
Where are the coordinates of the Orville John Langenwalter's memorial?
Latitude: 42.6669006
Longitude: -76.6130981

Family Members:

Parent

Emma Salome Bress Langenwalter

(1894 - 1972)

Siblings

Leona Lucille Langenwalter Witzke

(1915 - 1999)

Mildred Irene Langenwalter Robinson

(1923 - 2002)

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