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Personal info

Full name
FIERRO, Joe
Date of birth
30 July 1925
Age
19
Place of birth
Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California
Hometown
Los Angeles County, California

Military service

Service number
39712024
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
16th Infantry Regiment,
1st Infantry Division
Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart

Death

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

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
G 14 67

Immediate family

Members
Jose Fierro (father)
Augustina M. (Gastelum) Fierro (mother)
Marie Fierro (sister)
Matilda Fierro (sister)
Rose Fierro (sister)
Amelia Fierro (sister)

More information

Pfc Joe Fierro attended high school for two years and was a chauffeur.

He enlisted in Los Angeles, California on 29 September 1943.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Carla Mans, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, www.ancestry.com - Barbra Family Tree / WWII Enlistment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, http://16thinfassn.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/16th-Infantry-Roll-of-Honor-2013-06-24.pdf

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, Amandine Jaunet - Henri-Chapelle Cemetery Associate