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Personal info

Full name
RODRIGUEZ, Louis Ortego "Luis"
Date of birth
20 December 1922
Age
21
Place of birth
Control Mine, Mount Lemmon, Pinal County, Arizona
Hometown
Oracle, Pinal County, Arizona

Military service

Service number
39854242
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
335th Infantry Regiment,
84th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
2 December 1944
Place of death
Beeck, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
A 18 17

Immediate family

Members
Feliz Rodriguez (father)
Faviana (Ortego) Rodriguez (mother)
Juan Rodriguez (brother)
Eugene Rodriguez (brother)
Esteban Rodriguez (brother)
Ramona Rodriguez (sister)

Biography

Luis Ortego Rodriguez was born at the Control Mine on Mount Lemmon in Pinal County, Arizona. The family eventually settled in the nearby town of Oracle, where the children attended elementary school. The nearest high school was about 60 miles away, so none of the children went to high school. As soon as they were old enough, Luis and his brothers worked at the Control Mine to help support the family.

More information

Pfc Louis O. Rodriguez enlisted in Phoenix, Arizona on 21 December 1942, together with his brother Juan. The military assigned them to different units as a precaution against brothers being killed in the same battle.

He was a mining machine operator before he enlisted.

Source of information: Leo Minne, Terry Hirsch, Catherine H. Ellis, www.abmc.gov, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - 1940 Census / U.S. Headstone and Interment Record for U.S. Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil 1942-1949, www.fold3.com - WWII Draft Cards

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, Catherine H. Ellis