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Personal info

Full name
GUTIERREZ, Jose
Date of birth
21 May 1922
Age
22
Place of birth
Mexico City, Mexico
Hometown
Dallas, Dallas County, Texas

Military service

Service number
38286905
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
7th Infantry Regiment,
3rd Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
1 February 1945
Place of death
In the vicinity of Neuf-Brisach, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
B 41 27

Immediate family

Members
Jabetino Gutierrez (father)
Parifiro Gutierrez (mother)
June Gutierrez (sister)
Jessie Gutierrez (sister)
Lupe Gutierrez (sister)
Manuel Gutierrez (brother)
Carmen Gutierrez (sister)
Teressa Gutierrez (sister)

More information

Pfc Jose Gutierrez attended high school for four years and was a stock clerk employed by the Magnolea Petroleum Company, before he enlisted in Dallas, Texas on 24 November 1942.

In February 1944, he was wounded in action by artillery shell fragments in the arm in Italy and in November 1944 in France.

He was killed by small arms fire in the head.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1930/1940 Census / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Cards, History 3rd Infantry Division WWII
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Andy