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Personal info

Full name
RABAGO, Fernando Higuera Jr
Date of birth
1917
Age
unknown
Place of birth
Hayden, Gila County, Arizona
Hometown
Gila County, Arizona

Military service

Service number
18017299
Rank
Corporal
Function
unknown
Unit
18th Infantry Regiment,
1st Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
23 April 1945
Place of death
Harz mountains, East of Osterode am Harz, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
L 12 11

Immediate family

Members
Fernando H. Rabago (father)
Carmen (Higuera) Rabago (mother)
Horace Rabago (sister)
Elicia Rabago (sister)
Antonio H. Rabago (brother)
Beneranda Rabago (brother)
Panchita Rabago (sister)
Alicia Rabago (sister)
Horace Rabago (brother)
Francisco Rabago (brother)
Ernestina (Riesgo) Rabago (wife)
Fernando H. Rabago (son)

More information

Cpl Fernando H. Rabago Jr. joined the Regular Army on 14 August 1940 and had been overseas three months. He was originally a member of the air corps but was assigned to an infantry unit in Maryland.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, Terry Hirsch, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record,
www.ancestry.com - Family Trees / Marriage Record, www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar, www.newspapers.com - Arizona Daily Star, 1950 US Census

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, www.newspapers.com - Arizona Daily Star