Missing information?

Do you have any additional information you would like to share about a soldier?

Submit

Personal info

Full name
ESCOBAR, George Joseph
Date of birth
11 October 1920
Age
24
Place of birth
unknown
Hometown
Stonington, New London County, Connecticut

Military service

Service number
31171706
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
HQ & HQ Company,
112th Infantry Regiment,
28th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
17 December 1944
Place of death
Near Wiltz, Luxembourg

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
D 38 18

Immediate family

Members
Florence (Declara) Escobar (mother)

More information

Both Pfc George J. Escobar's parents immigrated from Portugal. During the passage over the Atlantic Ocean, their son Jorge A. Da Silva was born. His name was later changed to George Joseph.

Pfc Escobar was employed by the Atwood Machine Company before he enlisted in Hartford, Connecticut on 5 September 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 / South Carolina Naturalization Records / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, www.findagrave.com, http://112th-infantry.blogspot.com/
Photo source: -