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Personal info

Full name
HERNANDEZ, Joe V
Date of birth
1921
Age
unknown
Place of birth
Arizona
Hometown
Yuma, Yuma County, Arizona

Military service

Service number
39849158
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
2nd Infantry Regiment,
5th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
10 September 1944
Place of death
In the Vicinity of Vernéville, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
B 48 13

Immediate family

Members
Joe L. Hernandez (father)
Adela Hernandez (mother)

More information

Pfc Joe V. Hernandez enlisted in Phoenix, Arizona on 15 August 1942.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - 1930/1940 Census

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Andy