Database 83rd Infantry Division

James H Ort (20633078)

Name Ort, James H
Rank Sergeant
Army Serial # 20633078
State Michigan
Date of death 1944-07-20
Plot, Row, Grave A, 22, 46
Cemetery Normandy American Cemetery, Colleville-sur-Mer, France , Google Maps
Role MOS 653 Squad Leader
Unit H Company, 330th Infantry Regiment, 83rd Infantry Division
Awards Purple Heart
Additional information
Sergeant Ort was a member of H Company. The morning report for July 10, 1944 on page 12 lists him joining the unit from the 92nd Replacement Battalion on July 8, 1944. Page 26, for July 19, 1944, lists him severely wounded in action and transferred to the 42nd Field Hospital. The morning report for October 20, 1944 on page 20 lists him as died of wounds on July 20, 1944. The pages can be seen below.
Morning reports
1944-07-10 SGT Assigned and joined from 92nd Replacement Battalion as of July 8, 1944 H / 330 view page
1944-07-18 SGT Severely wounded in action and transferred to 42nd Field Hospital on July 18, 1944 H / 330 view page
1944-10-20 SGT Died of wounds on July 20, 1944 653 H / 330 view page
Various documents
Description Page
Listed in 330th Infantry Regiment Casualties and Awards as killed in action as a Sergeant in 330. 4
Listed in 330th Infantry Regiment Casualties and Awards as wounded in action as a Sergeant in 330. 41