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Personal info

Full name
VILLALOBOS, Fabian Gabby
Date of birth
22 December 1918
Age
26
Place of birth
Kern County, California
Hometown
Los Angeles County, California

Military service

Service number
39233208
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
HQ & HQ Company,
2nd Battalion,
507th Parachute Infantry Regiment,
17th Airborne Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
24 March 1945
Place of death
In the vicinity of Wesel, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
E 12 2

Immediate family

Members
Francisco S. Villalobos (father)
Lorenza (Gonzalez) Villalobos (mother)
Marciana Villalobos (sister)
Francisco Villalobos (brother)
Alice Villalobos (sister)
Antonia Villalobos (sister)
Jesus Villalobos (brother)
Josephine Villalobos (sister)
Alfred Villalobos (brother)

More information

Pvt Fabian G, Villalobos attended San Pedro High School, served in the CCC at Fort Ord and spent a year, serving with in the Merchant Marine.

He enlisted on 25 April 1941 in Los Angeles, California. He was stationed in Alaska for three years and volunteered for the paratroopers at Fort Benning. He was sent overseas in January 1945.

Source of information: Terry Hirsch, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record,
www.ww2-airborne.us, www.ancestry.com - Heastone and Interment record / Naturalization Record of father / Birth Record

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, News-Pilot - 12 April 1945