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Personal info

Full name
ARCHULETA, Lucindo
Date of birth
10 January 1923
Age
21
Place of birth
Pryor, Huerfano County, Colorado
Hometown
Pryor, Huerfano County, Colorado

Military service

Service number
37706993
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
315th Infantry Regiment,
79th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
21 October 1944
Place of death
Near Emberménil, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
B 22 27

Immediate family

Members
Pete C. Archuleta (father)
Rose M. (Salazar) Archuleta (mother)
Joseph G. Archuleta (brother)
Ernest Archuleta (brother)
Juan Archuleta (brother)

More information

Pvt Lucindo Archuleta was a miner before he enlisted in Denver, Colorado on 16 November 1943.

He was killed by small arms fire.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card Files, Combat History 79th Infantry Division, www.findagrave.com – MAJ Jimmy Cotton

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Andy