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Personal info

Full name
ROCHA, Miguel
Date of birth
3 November 1920
Age
24
Place of birth
Jerome, Yavapai County, Arizona
Hometown
San Luis Obispo, San Luis Obispo County, California

Military service

Service number
39696768
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
G Company,
2nd Battalion,
330th Infantry Regiment,
83rd Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
17 April 1945
Place of death
In the vicinity of Barby, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
G 19 24

Immediate family

Members
Joseph A. Rocha (brother)

More information

Pfc Miguel Rocha enlisted in Fresno, California on 24 March 1943.

He joined I Company on 19 July 1944.

He was reported lightly wounded in action on 17 October 1944 for which he was awarded the Purple Heart Medal a first time.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Terry Hirsch, WWII Draft Card, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, http://83rdinfdivdocs.org, www.ancestry.com - Headstone Inscription and Interment Record ‏

Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Des Philippet