Orville Edward Kastner1

M, #6499, b. 28 March 1919, d. 26 July 1944
Last Edited=7 Feb 2019
Reference=KASTN-53980
     Orville Edward Kastner was born on 28 March 1919 at Manville, Alberta, Canada.2

     Orville E. Kastner married Vivienne H. Zanzig, daughter of August Theodor Wilhelm Alfred Zanzig and Gertie Lentz, on 27 September 1941 at Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, at age 22.3,4
     Orville Edward Kastner died on 26 July 1944 at Normandy, France, at age 25 in the Battle for Caen.1 He was buried in 1944 at Bretteville-sur-Laize Canadian Cemetery, Cintheaux, Calvados, Normandy, France.5
     Orville Edward Kastner began military service on 2 February 1942 at Camrose, Alberta, Canada, in the Calgary Highlanders.4

Family: Orville Edward Kastner and Vivian Helen Martha Zanzig

Citations

  1. [S1752] "Canada, WWII Service Files of War Dead, 1939-1947", database and images, Library and Archives Canada, Ancestry.com, URL https://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=9145: 2015, Orville Edward Kastner, service no. M56184, Corporal, Calgary Highlanders, 26216-26315 > 26229: Karos, Stephen - Karpinka, Walter, images 247-287, accessed 7 Feb 2019, citing 1939–1947 Service Files of the Second World War?War Dead.
  2. [S1752] "Canada, WWII Service Files of War Dead, 1939-1947", database and images, Library and Archives Canada, Ancestry.com, URL https://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=9145: 2015, Orville Edward Kastner, service no. M56184, Corporal, Calgary Highlanders, 26216-26315 > 26229: Karos, Stephen - Karpinka, Walter, images 247-287, attestation image 249, accessed 7 Feb 2019, citing 1939–1947 Service Files of the Second World War?War Dead.
  3. [S1749] "Alberta, Canada, Marriages Index,1898-1942", index, Provincial Archives of Alberta. Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, Ancestry.com, URL https://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=61560: 2017, Orville E Kastner-Vivienne H Zanzig, 1941, Edmonton, Alberta, accessed 7 Feb 2019, citing Alberta Marriage Indexes.
  4. [S1752] "Canada, WWII Service Files of War Dead, 1939-1947", database and images, Library and Archives Canada, Ancestry.com, URL https://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=9145: 2015, Orville Edward Kastner, service no. M56184, Corporal, Calgary Highlanders, 26216-26315 > 26229: Karos, Stephen - Karpinka, Walter, images 247-287, Service and Casualty Form image 251, accessed 7 Feb 2019, citing 1939–1947 Service Files of the Second World War?War Dead.
  5. [S1752] "Canada, WWII Service Files of War Dead, 1939-1947", database and images, Library and Archives Canada, Ancestry.com, URL https://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=9145: 2015, Orville Edward Kastner, service no. M56184, Corporal, Calgary Highlanders, 26216-26315 > 26229: Karos, Stephen - Karpinka, Walter, images 247-287, specific image 263, accessed 7 Feb 2019, citing 1939–1947 Service Files of the Second World War?War Dead.