Albright, Oren D., Jr., SSgt

Deceased
 
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Last Rank
Staff Sergeant
Primary Unit
1950-1954, US Forces Korea
Service Years
1942 - 1953
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Home State
Texas
Texas
Year of Birth
1924
 
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Contact Info
Home Town
Lindale
Last Address
Midland, TX
Date of Passing
Jun 18, 2010
 

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Oren D. Albright, Jr. passed away Friday, June 18, 2010 in Midland.

Memorial services will be held at 2:00 PM Monday, June 21, 2010 at Sunset Memorial Funeral Home Chapel.

Oren was born in Lindale, Texas, October 29, 1924 to Oren Albright and Bera Howard Albright. They moved to Odessa in 1941. Oren enlisted in the U.S. Air Force December 9, 1942. He flew 12 missions before his plane was shot down. He spent 13 months as a prisoner of war and was recalled for the Korean Conflict. He remained in active reserve until 1985. After being liberated, Oren returned to Odessa and married Corene Casparis on August 6, 1945. They moved to Midland in 1954.

He is preceded in death by his mother and father, a brother, a sister and a grandson.

Oren is survived by his son and daughter-in-law, Oren and Trina Albright of Midland, and his daughter and son-in-law, Debbie and Dan Sharp of Katy, Texas. He is also survived by his grandson, Jim Albright and wife Melissa, of New Braunfels, Texas; two granddaughters, Heather Conner and husband Will of Midland and Stephanie Boring and husband Jason of Keller, Texas; two great granddaughters, Lauren Beyer of New Branufels, Texas and Tory Conner of Midland; and three great grandsons, Christopher Albright of New Braunfels, Evan Conner of Midland and Jaxon Boring of Keller.

The family requests that memorials be sent to the U.S.O.: www.uso.org/donate.

 

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  1944-1945, Status - POW/MIA

Staff Sergeant
From Month/Year
April / 1944
To Month/Year
July / 1945
Unit
Status - POW/MIA Unit Page
Rank
Staff Sergeant
AFSC/MOS
Not Specified
Base, Station or City
Stalag 17B Braunau Gneikendorf Near Krems Austria 48-15; DETAINING POWER: GERMANY
State/Country
Austria
   
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Status - POW/MIA
Type
Space Communications
 
Parent Unit
Status - Special Circumstance
Strength
Not Specified
Created/Owned By
Not Specified
   

Last Updated: Feb 28, 2023
   
Memories For This Unit

Worst Moment
POW for 13 months at Stalag 17B in Austria.

Other Memories
Flew 12 combat missions before his aircraft was shot down.

   
   
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Status - POW/MIA

Cassady, Thomas Gantz, Capt, (1916-1945) [Other Service Rank]
Cassel, William L., 2nd Lt, (1943-1945) A08 AAF MOS 1035 [Other Service Rank]
Hurley, Richard M., 2nd Lt, (1943-1945) A23 AAF MOS 1093 [Other Service Rank]
Tobiason (Whittle), Reba Z., 1st Lt, (1941-1946) A31 AAF MOS 3100 [Other Service Rank]
Vanaman, Arthur William, Maj Gen, (1917-1954) A11 AAF MOS 9301 Brigadier General
Alkire, Darr Hayes, Brig Gen, (1924-1956) Colonel
Brugge, Byron Elias, Col, (1934-1945) Colonel
Carmichael, Richard Henry, Maj Gen, (1928-1961) A23 AAF MOS 1060 Colonel
Magoffin, Morton David, Col, (1937-1958) Colonel
Malmstrom, Einar Axel, Col, (1929-1954) Colonel
Smart, Jacob Edward, Gen, (1927-1966) Colonel
Spivey, Delmar Taft, Maj Gen, (1924-1956) Colonel
Aring, Wilbur W., Brig Gen, (1931-1965) Lieutenant Colonel
Clark, Albert Patton, Lt Gen, (1932-1974) Lieutenant Colonel
Duke, Florimond J.D., Col, (1917-1963) Lieutenant Colonel
Edner, Selden Raymond, Lt Col, (1942-1949) Lieutenant Colonel
Gabreski, Francis Stanley, Col, (1940-1967) 01 Lieutenant Colonel
Greening, Charles Ross, Col, (1936-1957) Lieutenant Colonel
Gunn, James Alexander, Col, (1939-1967) 01 Lieutenant Colonel
Hedlund, Earl Clifford, Lt Gen, (1938-1973) Lieutenant Colonel
Hillman, Donald Edison, Col, (1940-1962) Lieutenant Colonel
Reddell, William Harold, Maj Gen, (1941-1972) Lieutenant Colonel
Woods, Sidney Sterling, Col, (1937-1962) A23 AAF MOS 1055 Lieutenant Colonel
Zemke, Hubert A., Col, (1936-1966) Lieutenant Colonel
Andrew, Stephen Wallace, Lt Col, (1935-1951) Major
Beeson, Duane Willard, Lt Col, (1942-1947) Major
Caplan, Leslie, Maj, (1941-1946) A31 AAF MOS 3162 Major
Cheli, Ralph F., Maj, (1940-1944) Major
Cleven, Gale Winston, Col, (1940-1955) Major
Cleven, Gale Winston, Col, (1940-1955) Major
Cole, Charles Harold, Lt Col, (1938-1966) Major
Collins, Frank Junior, Brig Gen, (1934-1967) Major
Egan, John Clarence, Col, (1940-1961) Major
Goodson, James Alexander, Lt Col, (1942-1959) Major
Johnson, Gerald Walter, Lt Gen, (1941-1974) Major
Jones, David Mudgett, Maj Gen, (1930-1973) Major
Koral, Walter Joseph, Lt Col, (1941-1968) Major
O'Connor, Frank Quinn, Col, (1940-1963) Major
Anderson, Sheldon Keith, Capt, (1942-1945) A23 AAF MOS 1055 Captain
Asbell, Fredrick W., Capt, (1942-1945) A08 AAF MOS 1039 Captain
Bank, Bertram A., Maj, (1941-1947) Captain
Bennett, Joseph Houston, Maj, (1941-1946) Captain
Dahlberg, Kenneth Harry, Maj, (1941-1951) Captain
Emmer, Wallace Nathan, Capt, (1941-1945) Captain
Encinias, Miguel, Lt Col, (1939-1971) 112 1121Z Captain
Everest, Frank Kendall, Brig Gen, (1941-1973) Captain
Godfrey, John Trevor, Maj, (1943-1953) Captain
Griffin, Thomas Carson, Maj, (1939-1959) Captain
Hammer, Roy A., Maj, (1943-1946) A23 AAF MOS 1091 Captain
Krambo, Victor Peter, Capt, (1942-1945) Captain
Lay, Harry T., Capt, (1942-1944) A23 AAF MOS 1055 Captain
McKeon, Joseph Thomas, Lt Col, (1941-1963) A23 AAF MOS 1055 Captain
Morris, James Madison, Lt Col, (1942-1969) Captain
Olbinski, Joseph M., Capt, (1941-1944) Captain
Paschal, Thomas Clayton, Capt, (1940-1944) Captain
Scarborough, Francis H., Capt, (1940-1945) Captain
Schulte, Norman Edward, Capt, (1942-1944) Captain
Seitzinger, Bernard Karl, Maj, (1939-1951) Captain
Short, Robert B., Col, (1937-1970) 00 Captain
Starck, Walter Edwin, Col, (1942-1965) A23 AAF MOS 1055 Captain

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