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Howard Orndorff

Special Engineer DetachmentLos Alamos, NM

Manhattan Project VeteranMilitary VeteranSpecial Engineer Detachment

Howard Orndorff’s daughter, Norma Orndorff, died in July of 2022. Her obituary can be read here.

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