Orval Allen Kelso

Civilian POW captured on Wake Island

Orval Allen Kelso lay buried in a very shallow grave for about six years on a hill above SOTO DAM until claimed by his only child Walter Richard (Dick) Kelso now deceased since 1989 and buried him in The Punchbowl on December 8, 1949, in 2007 he was given the Navy rank of E4, A couple of years ago the Department of Veteran's Affairs replaced his original gravestone with a new one with his Navy rank and Purple Heart noted on it, and at the bottom of the stone, the motto of the POW MIA, "YOU ARE NOT FORGOTTEN"

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Birth: Apr. 4, 1903 Lynch Boyd County Nebraska, USA

Death: Apr. 8, 1943 Nagasaki, Japan

Orval Allen Kelso was the son of Charles Leslie Kelso and Ina Everetta "Etta" (Wells) Kelso.

He married Dorothy "Dottie" Caroline Williams on September 9, 1925, in Cascade Valley County, Idaho.

He died in Sasebo, Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan. (bio by: CWGC/ABMC)

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Parents:

• Charles Leslie Kelso (1876 - 1942)
• Etta Wells Kelso (1876 - 1932)

Spouse:

*Dorothy Caroline Williams Osborne (1907 - 1997)*

Children:

*Walter Richard Kelso (1927 - 1989)*

Siblings:

*Wilbert Wayne Kelso (1899 - 1989)*

• Orval Allen Kelso (1903 - 1943)
• Milo Mervin Kelso (1924 - 1972)**
• Calculated relationship
  • Half-sibling

Note: Civilian from Idaho.

Burial: National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific Honolulu Honolulu County Hawaii, USA Plot: P 736

Created by: Jeff Hall Record added: Aug 17, 2013 Find A Grave Memorial# 115633667