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Personal info

Full name
LUCERO, Arturo
Date of birth
13 October 1925
Age
19
Place of birth
Bernalillo, Sandoval County, New Mexico
Hometown
Kern County, California

Military service

Service number
39721597
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
B Company,
1st Battalion,
355th Infantry Regiment,
89th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
14 April 1945
Place of death
In the vicinity of Kahla, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
N 4 5

Immediate family

Members
Silvana Lucero (mother)
Lucio Lucero (brother)

More information

Pfc Arturo Lucero enlisted in Los Angeles, California on 23 December 1943. He was sent overseas in June, 1944. He served 18 months in the armed forces.

He worked on a farm before he enlisted.

Source of information: Leo Minne, Terry Hirsch, Astrid van Erp, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - U.S., Headstone and Interment Records for U.S. Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil, http://www.89infdivww2.org/combat/index.htm, www.newspapers.com - The Bakersfield California, WWII Draft Card

Photo source: www.findagrave.com – des Philippet, www.newspapers.com - The Bakersfield California