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Personal info

Full name
CABRERA, Phillip
Date of birth
1 May 1921
Age
23
Place of birth
Bakersfield, Kern County, California
Hometown
Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California

Military service

Service number
39586332
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
18th Infantry Regiment,
1st Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
28 November 1944
Place of death
Schöntal, Hürtgen Forest, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
F 8 29

Immediate family

Members
Seferino Cabrera (father)
Francisca Cabrera (mother)
Venancio Cabrera (brother)
Amalia Cabrera (sister)
Henry Cabrera (brother)
Sefarino Cabrera (brother)
Alicia Cabrera (sister)
Feter Cabrera (brother)
Maudie (Alvarez) Cabrera (wife)

More information

Pvt Phillip Cabrera was a furnaceman.

He enlisted at Fort McArthur, California on 22 May 1944.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Raf Dyckmans, Terry Hirsch, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, www.ancestry.com, 1940 Census / California, County Marriages / U.S., Headstone and Interment Records for U.S. Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil, www.history.army.mil/html/bookshelves/resmat/ww2list.html

Photo source: www.ancestry.com - Sylvia Cabrera