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Personal info

Full name
PENA, Fernando Alarcon Jr
Date of birth
29 September 1916
Age
28
Place of birth
Orange County, California
Hometown
Los Angeles County, California

Military service

Service number
39297989
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
C Company,
326th Airborne Engineer Battalion,
101st Airborne Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
1 January 1945
Place of death
Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
F 16 57

Immediate family

Members
Fernando A. Pena (father)
Nemecia (Alarcom) Pena (mother)
Jesus Pena (sister)
Juana Pena (sister)
Julia Pena (sister)
Ramona Pena (sister)
Ascension Pena (sister)
Jennie Pena (sister)
Eva Pena (sister
Ruby E. Pena (sister)
Betty H. Pena (sister)
Rose M. Pena (wife)

More information

Pvt Fernando A. Pena Jr. enlisted in Los Angeles, California on 20 May 1943.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery of Foy, Belgium.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, http://www.ww2-airborne.us/units/326/326_honor.html, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Los Durans de Eastlos Family Tree

Photo source: Peter Schouteten