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Personal info

Full name
MORAN, Alexander
Date of birth
3 December 1924
Age
19
Place of birth
San Francisco, San Francisco County, California
Hometown
San Francisco, San Francisco County, California

Military service

Service number
39138713
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
314th Infantry Regiment,
79th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
10 October 1944
Place of death
Near Marainviller, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
B 10 51

Immediate family

Members
Joseph E. Moran (father)
Soledad (RioFrio) Moran (mother)
Carmen Moran (sister)
Antonio Moran (brother)
Esther Moran (sister)
Lupe A. Moran (sister)
Solidad Moran (sister)

More information

Pvt Alexander Moran attended high school for three years before he enlisted in San Francisco, California on 17 August 1943.

He was killed by artillery shell fragments to his face.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com - Lupe Gentry, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment record / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / Navarrette RioFrio Family Tree / 1930 Census, Combat History 314th Infantry Regiment
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Andy