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Personal info

Full name
VASQUEZ, Joe W Jr
Date of birth
30 September 1913
Age
30
Place of birth
Laredo, Webb County, Texas
Hometown
Laredo, Webb County, Texas

Military service

Service number
38025599
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
F Company,
2nd Battalion,
142nd Infantry Regiment,
36th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
22 September 1944
Place of death
Remiremont, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
B 45 29

Immediate family

Members
Joe W. Vasquez Sr. (father)
Nicolasa (Salinas) Vasquez (mother)
Maria C. Vasquez (sister)
Jessie Vasquez (brother)
Gilberto N. Vasquez (brother)
Consuelo Vasquez (sister)
Esperanza Vasquez (sister)
Olivia Vasquez (sister)
Olga Vasquez (sister)
Raul W. Vasquez (brother)
Ernesto Vasquez (brother)
Anna Vasquez (sister)

More information

Pvt Joe W. Vasquez was a bellman before he enlisted at Fort Sam Houston, Texas on 15 January 1941.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery in Saint-Juan, France.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, https://36th-id.frb.io, https://texasmilitaryforcesmuseum.org/, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / WWII Draft Cards Young Men / Ontiveros Family Tree, www.findagrave.com – James Durham

Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Andy, www.ancestry.com – Ernesto Vasquez