Radioman Third Class Orvil Rudd was born on October 17, 1919, to William J Rudd and Ethel Vilate Nish in Plymouth, Box Elder, Utah. His siblings are Grace Pierson, Marie and Marlene Rudd, Rulon, and Clifford Rudd.

He attended Bear River High School and entered the Navy on June 9, 1942. He served overseas for two years on the battleship U.S.S. Tennessee and was then transferred to another ship, the U.S.S. LaGrange in 1944.

Orvil was reported to be buried in Okinawa, Japan on August 13, 1945, and later his remains were returned to Utah.

Radioman Third Class Orvil Rudd’s memorial is in Plymouth, Box Elder, Utah in Plymouth Cemetery.

This story is part of the Stories Behind the Stars project (see++ www.storiesbehindthestars.org++). This is a national effort of volunteers to write the stories of all 400,000+ of the US WWII fallen here on Fold3. Can you help write these stories? Related to this, there will be a smartphone app that will allow people to visit any war memorial or cemetery, scan the fallen's name and read his/her story.