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Personal info

Full name
LARA, Juan M
Date of birth
1909
Age
unknown
Place of birth
Texas
Hometown
Pecos, Reeves County, Texas

Military service

Service number
38067510
Rank
Technician Fifth Grade
Function
unknown
Unit
180th Infantry Regiment,
45th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
11 April 1945
Place of death
Near Quickborn, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
B 37 28

Immediate family

Members
Reyes H. Lara (father)

More information

T/5 Juan M. Lara worked on a farm before he enlisted in Fort Bliss El Paso, Texas on 12 April 1941.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record, http://www.45thdivision.org
Photo source: Peter Schouteten