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GARCIA, Joe A - Date of
birth
28 December 1924 -
Age
20 - Place of
birth
Vermejo Park, Las Animas County, Colorado -
Hometown
Denver, Denver County, Colorado
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
37702625 -
Rank
Private -
Function
unknown -
Unit
A Company,
1st Battalion,
60th Infantry Regiment,
9th Infantry Division
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Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart
Death
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Status
Finding of Death - Date of
death
13 October 1945 - Place of
death
In the vicinity of road 399, Raffelsbrand, Hürtgenwald, Germany
Grave
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Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten - Walls of the Missing
Immediate family
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Members
Santos Garcia (father)
Gertrude Garcia (mother)
Ermina Garcia (daughter)
More information
Pvt Joe A. Garcia enlisted in Denver, Colorado on 3 July 1943.On 12 October 1944, A Company A was located just south of the Raffelsbrand junction. A small group of men went on a reconnaissance patrol, including S/Sgt Banks and Pvt Joe Garcia. Their mission was to recon the area and go to a point about 300 yards south east of their current location. The men moved out, crossed the main 399 road, and advanced about 250 yards. Here they were fired upon. According to Pvt Alfred S. Knowles, one of the men that survived this recon patrol, they were being fired at by sniper guns.
Pvt Garcia was officially declared dead one day and one year after he was reported missing in action.
Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, www.ancestry.com - WWII Enlistment Record, http://9thinfantrydivision.net/tribute-pages/missing-in-action/, WWII Draft Cards
Photo source: Peter Schouteten