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Personal info

Full name
PALACIO, Carlos Arturo
Date of birth
11 May 1910
Age
34
Place of birth
Panama City, Panama
Hometown
Manhattan, New York County, New York

Military service

Service number
32425462
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
179th Infantry Regiment,
45th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
2 October 1944
Place of death
Near Grandvillers, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
B 46 16

Immediate family

Members
Charles Palacio (father)
Rafael Palacio (brother)
Rosa Palacio (sister)

More information

Pfc Carlos A. Palacio attended 2 years of college and was a cook at Kind's Hamburger Incorporated.

He enlisted in Fort Jay Governors Island, New York on 11 August 1942.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record, http://www.45thdivision.org
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Andy