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Personal info

Full name
CASTRO, Arthur V
Date of birth
27 November 1913
Age
30
Place of birth
Arizona
Hometown
Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California

Military service

Service number
39269600
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
C Company,
1st Battalion,
333rd Infantry Regiment,
84th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
24 November 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Geilenkirchen, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
P 16 15

Immediate family

Members
Bernadino Castro (father)
Amelia Castro (mother)
Bernadino Castro (brother)
Leonard Castro (brother)
Mary Castro (sister)
Charley Castro (brother)
Annie Castro (sister)
Pearl Castro (sister)
Marie Castro (wife)

More information

Pfc Arthur V. Castro was survived by his widow. Therefore she was the next of kin to decide where her husband would have his final resting place. However all efforts to locate his widow were unsuccesfull and therefore an administrative decision was made to have his remains be permanently interred at Margraten.

He was initially buried in a temporary grave at Margraten on 25 November 1944. After being disinterred and after the cemetery was given a permanent status, he was given his final resting place on 15 July 1949.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, www.ancestry.com - 1930 Census, IDPF

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Stephanie Pendleton