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Personal info

Full name
GARCIA, Rudolph De Los Santos
Date of birth
5 October 1922
Age
22
Place of birth
San Benito, Cameron County, Texas
Hometown
San Benito, Cameron County, Texas

Military service

Service number
38025796
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
G Company,
2nd Battalion,
141st Infantry Regiment,
36th Infantry Division
Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
15 November 1944
Place of death
Hohnstein, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Tablets of the Missing

Immediate family

Members
Rudolph Garcia (father)
Isabel S. Garcia (mother)
Reynaldo Garcia (brother)
Roberta Garcia (sister)
Lily Garcia (sister)
Ishmeil Garcia (brother)
Guadelupe Garcia (brother)

More information

Pfc Rudolph S. Garcia enlisted at Fort Sam Houston, Texas on 16 January 1941.

He was taken prisoner around 22 January 1944 in the vicinity of San Angelo, Italy and died in Stalag IV-A.

Source of information: André Koch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, 141staar-to-may-1944.pdf, https://36th-id.frb.io
Photo source: www.findagrave.com