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Personal info

Full name
GRIEGO, Julian Epefanio
Date of birth
17 June 1923
Age
21
Place of birth
Bovina, Parmer County, Texas
Hometown
Clovis, Curry County, New Mexico

Military service

Service number
38349792
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
L Company,
3rd Battalion,
320th Infantry Regiment,
35th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
16 September 1944
Place of death
Near Haraucourt, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
C 23 21

Immediate family

Members
Abran Griego (father)
Cesadia Griego (mother)
Solomon Griego (brother)
Floyd Griego (brother)
David Griego (brother)
Cleo Griego (sister)
Stella Griego (sister)

More information

Pfc Julian E. Griego enlisted on 7 January 1942 and was sent overseas on 27 April 1944.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery in Andilly, France.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Astrid van Erp, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / 1940 Census, After Action Report 35th Infantry Division, www.findagrave.com - Truchasnm, www.newspapers.com - Clovis News Journal, New Mexico, 5 October 1944
Photo source: -, New Mexico State Library, Santa Fe