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GAXIOLA, Gus Juan "Gustavo" - Date of
birth
21 September 1923 -
Age
21 - Place of
birth
Bisbee, Cochise County, Arizona -
Hometown
Cochise County, Arizona
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
19109524 -
Rank
Sergeant -
Function
unknown -
Unit
I Company,
3rd Battalion,
501st Parachute Infantry Regiment,
101st Airborne Division
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Awards
Bronze Star with Oak Leaf Cluster
Death
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Status
Missing in Action - Date of
death
31 March 1945 - Place of
death
Furstenberg, Germany
Grave
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Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten - Walls of the Missing
Immediate family
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Members
Juan Gaxiola (father)
Bernardina M. (Angulo) Gaxiola (mother)
Gloria (Kowren) Gaxiola (sister)
Alexandra (Hammonds) Gaxiola (sister)
Gilbert Gaxiola (brother)
More information
Sgt Gus J. Gaxiola enlisted in Phoenix, Arizona on 8 December 1942.He was taken prisoner on 19 December 1944. He died in Stalag III-B on 31 March 1945 and was initially buried at Quenz Cemetery in Brandenburg, Germany. His grave was marked with a metal plate with his last name on it but an identification tag was found around the neck of his remains which read Henry W. Hughes, O-444032.
The remains were sent for identification to the Ardennes Cemetery but further investigation of his dental records could not identify him for 100%. It was then decided to mark the body as unkown.
Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com - Wayne Carter, www.archives.gov - World War II Prisoners of War, www.ww2-airborne.us, www.ancestry.com - Gaxiola Family Tree / RKowren Family Tree / WWII Enlistment Record / 1930/1940 Census, www.findagrave.com - CWGC/ABMC, IDPF Edwin F. Willert
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Peter Schouteten / Barbara Stott