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Personal info

Full name
MORALES, Jesus E
Date of birth
22 February 1926
Age
19
Place of birth
Luling, Caldwell County, Texas
Hometown
Caldwell County, Texas

Military service

Service number
39589340
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
394th Infantry Regiment,
99th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
18 April 1945
Place of death
unknown

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
B 17 7

Immediate family

Members
Serapio Morales (father)
Silvestra (Enriquez) Morales (mother)
Isabell Morales (sister)
Eugenio E. Morales (brother)
Fernando E. Morales (brother)
Pete E. Morales (brother)

More information

Pfc Jesus E. Morales worked on a farm before he enlisted at Fort MacArthur, California on 13 June 1944.

Pfc Morales died of his wounds in a German prisoner of war camp.

His brother Eugenio served with the Navy.

Source of information: Danny van der Groen, Adrian Martinez, www.abmc.gov, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Our Family Tree

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, Adrian Martinez