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Personal info

Full name
VALENZUELA, George Redondo
Date of birth
23 april 1918
Age
26
Place of birth
Sasco, Pinal County, Arizona
Hometown
Los Angeles County, California

Military service

Service number
39240291
Rank
Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
112th Infantry Regiment,
28th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
6 January 1945
Place of death
Euskirchen, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
J 21 7

Immediate family

Members
Encarnacie Valenzuela (father)
Otilla (Redondo) Valenzuela (mother)
Armando Valenzuela (brother)
Albert Valenzuela (brother)
Encarnoien Valenzuela (brother)
Mary L. Valenzuela (sister)
Olivia Valenzuela (sister)
Gloria Valenzuela (sister)

More information

Sgt George R. Valenzuela was a plasterer.

He enlisted in Los Angeles, California on 19 May 1942.

According to a grave report of a German medical collecting station in Euskirchen, he was brought in, already deceased. He had suffered a bullet wound in the nape of the neck and he also had a head injury. He was initially buried at the Memorial Cemetery of Euskirchen.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - 1910/1920/1940 Census / Headstone and Interment Record, https://catalog.archives.gov/id/18238601 - page 197, www.fold3.com - WWII Draft Card
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet