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Personal info

Full name
GARCIA, Alberto
Date of birth
11 January 1917
Age
27
Place of birth
Rawlins, Carbon County, Wyoming
Hometown
Taos County, New Mexico

Military service

Service number
38348851
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
C Company,
326th Airborne Engineer Battalion,
101st Airborne Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
20 September 1944
Place of death
The Netherlands

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
H 9 5

Immediate family

Members
John B. Garcia (father)
Amilia (Ayala) Garcia (mother)
Leocadia (Sanchez) Garcia (wife)
Nellie M. Garcia (daughter)

More information

Alberto Garcia was a farmer and sheep herder.

He enlisted in Santa Fe, New Mexico on 10 December 1942.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery of Son, The Netherlands

Source of information: Astrid van Erp, Raf Dyckmans, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, www.ancestry.com - Family Tree / Headstone and Interment Record / New Mexico WWII Record, www.ww2-airborne.us

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, www.ancestry.com