Nadine Orr, who was married to Horace Orr's nephew, attended the Remembrance Ceremony held on October 14, 2018. She is pictured here with Post 29 Commander Walt Cusick at the Remembrance Ceremony.
The Centennial Committee Team 100 of American Legion Horace Orr Post 29 has planned this Remembrance Program for Sgt. William Horace Orr who is buried at the Mars Hill Cemetery.
Sgt. Orr was in Company "A" 324th Infantry, 82nd Division and was killed in action in WWI on October 14, 1918 by a machine gun bullet while leading a charge on the machine-gun nest in the Battle of Argonne Forest in France. He was the first soldier from Marietta to be killed in WWI. He worked for the Dixie Culbert Metal Company in Atlanta, when he was drafted. He reported for training at Camp Gordon in Chamblee on September 22, 1917.
On April 22, 1922, at the General Membership Meeting of Post 29, it was decided to name Post 29 after Sgt. Orr.
The committee had the Post 29 POW-MIA Honor Guard here. We are pleased to remember Sgt. Orr for his great sacrifice 100 years ago.
Nadine Orr, who was married to Horace Orr's nephew, attended the Remembrance Ceremony held on October 14, 2018. She is pictured here with Post 29 Commander Walt Cusick at the Remembrance Ceremony.
The Centennial Committee Team 100 of American Legion Horace Orr Post 29 has planned this Remembrance Program for Sgt. William Horace Orr who is buried at the Mars Hill Cemetery.
Sgt. Orr was in Company "A" 324th Infantry, 82nd Division and was killed in action in WWI on October 14, 1918 by a machine gun bullet while leading a charge on the machine-gun nest in the Battle of Argonne Forest in France. He was the first soldier from Marietta to be killed in WWI. He worked for the Dixie Culbert Metal Company in Atlanta, when he was drafted. He reported for training at Camp Gordon in Chamblee on September 22, 1917.
On April 22, 1922, at the General Membership Meeting of Post 29, it was decided to name Post 29 after Sgt. Orr.
The committee had the Post 29 POW-MIA Honor Guard here. We are pleased to remember Sgt. Orr for his great sacrifice 100 years ago.
