You mentioned that the military records were incomplete when searching under Orland’s name. When we were trying to document some family history from the WWII and post-war period, we ran into problems with military service records. A large number of these records were destroyed by a fire in a storage facility, which I believe took place in the 1970’s. Is this a possibility with the records you’re seeking?
comment #86 is a repost of a comment posted by Chief Engineer.
A fire at the NPRC in St. Louis on July 12, 1973, destroyed about 80 percent of the records for Army personnel discharged between November 1, 1912, and January 1, 1960. About 75 percent of the records for Air Force personnel with surnames from “Hubbard” through “Z” discharged between September 25, 1947, and January 1, 1964, were also destroyed.