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Personal info

Full name
RODRIGUEZ, Ernest Rodriguez
Date of birth
11 November 1925
Age
19
Place of birth
Corona, Riverside County, California
Hometown
Corona, Riverside County, California

Military service

Service number
39725387
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
393rd Infantry Regiment,
99th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Finding of Death
Date of death
27 December 1944
Place of death
Wirtzfeld, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Ardennes
Plot Row Grave
D 26 13

Immediate family

Members
Jose Rodriguez (father)
Regina (Aguilar) Rodriguez (mother)
Felipe Rodriguez (brother)
Natividad Rodriguez (brother)
Guadalupe Rodriguez (sister)

More information

Pfc Ernest R. Rodriguez worked on a farm.

He enlisted in Los Angeles, California on 25 January 1944.

In March 1946, his remains were discovered in Wirtzfeld, Belgium by local civilians in a common grave, together with six other American servicemen.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Raf Dyckmans, Terry Hirsch, 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, www.fold3.com - WWII Draft Card, 1930 US Census, X-File Neuville X-3144

Photo source: Peter Schouteten